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UN humanitarian chief says 20 million people in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria face starvation and famine.
Millions of Yemenis face hunger during Ramadan
At least 17 million people suffer food shortages in what the UN calls the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
29 May 2017
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