Somalia Famine 'Killed 260,000 People' -- BBC
Nearly 260,000 people died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012, a study shows.
Half of them were children under the age of five, says the report by the UN food agency and the US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network.
The number of deaths was higher than the estimated 220,000 people who died during the 1992 famine.
The crisis was caused by a severe drought, worsened by conflict between rival groups fighting for power.
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) senior economist Mark Smulders said the "true enormity of this human tragedy" had emerged for the first time from the study, done jointly with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fews Net).
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More News On The Somali Famine Of 2011
Somalia famine killed close to 260,000 people, report says -- CNN
Off the charts’: 133k Somali children die in famine after militant ban, slow aid response -- Washington Post/AP
Study: Somalia Famine Claimed Nearly 260,000 Lives -- Voice of America
Somalia famine killed 258,000, half of them young children: Report -- Times of India/AFP
Somalia’s 2011 famine killed 260,000 people, study finds, half under age five -- National Post/AP
Somalia famine in 2010-12 'worst in past 25 years' -- The Guardian
UN says Somalia famine killed nearly 260,000 -- Al Jazeera
Somalia: 2011 Somali Famine Worse Than 1992's -- allAfrica.com/Deutsche Welle
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