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East Africa: millions face hunger and poverty amid drought and food prices hike
East Africa: millions face hunger and poverty amid drought and food prices hike
Last Modified: 24 Jul 2008
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Channel 4 News
Millions of people across East Africa are facing starvation and dire poverty as rising food prices and a drought leave them without food.
Oxfam are warning that aid is needed urgently across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, where many people who rely on imported food have seen prices go up by as much as 500 per cent.
The photojournalist Nick Danziger has just been to the area.
Nick Danziger photographs
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