Famine Conditions In Somalia Have Ended, UN Says -- BBC
Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after being first declared, the UN has said.
The improvement in access to food is due to a good harvest and significant humanitarian assistance, it said.
But the UN humanitarian co-ordinator for the country said the situation remained serious.
Nearly a third of the population - some 2.34 million people - still need emergency support, the Somalia Food Security Nutrition Analysis Unit said.
Last month, the UN said that tens of thousands of people would have died of starvation by the time the food crisis ended.
Somalia has been worst hit by East Africa's worst drought in 60 years, because of its instability.
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