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Somalia expels Nicholas Haysom, the most senior United Nations diplomat in the country, after accusing him of "acting like the country's ruler".
2019-01-3

At least 110 people have died of starvation in the drought-hit region of Bay, Somalia, in the past 48 hours, according to Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre. This comes as the United Nations and various non-governmental organizations are warning of potential famine in the country.
2017-03-4

The United Nations and various humanitarian groups call on the international community to help prevent a possible famine in Somalia as rising food prices and drought have left over six million people at risk of starvation.
2017-02-3

The United Nations World Food Programme prepares an airlift to Mogadishu in Somalia to help relieve the 2011 Horn of Africa famine. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20110727-un-readies-aid-airlift-mogadishu-0 (AFP via France24)]date=August 2019
2011-07-27

Somalia's Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali accuses al-Shabab of preventing people from leaving the region in search of food as central government condemns militants from blocking aid workers.
2011-07-23

Unicef states that a child dies from malnutrition every six minutes (250 a day) in Somalia.
2011-07-23

The United Nations delivers aid to parts of Somalia controlled by al-Shabab militants for the first time since they ended the ban on food supplies.
2011-07-17

The United Nations reports the worst drought in six decades is affecting more than 10 million people and forced people in Somalia to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia as they starve to death.
2011-06-28

The United Nations calls for the international community to increase support to Somalia as the country approaches the twentieth anniversary since the start of its civil war.
2011-01-24

East African leaders call for 20,000 troops to be deployed across Somalia to support the United Nations-backed Transitional Federal Government and for the United Nations to replace the African Union Mission to Somalia.
2010-07-6