Drought, Cholera and Hunger, Somalis battle it all

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A dust storm sweeps through a makeshift camps in Baidoa, west of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Thousands of desperate Somalis have streamed into Baidoa in south-western Somalia seeking food and medical care as a result the country’s prolonged drought. The influx has overwhelmed local and international aid agencies. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

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Internally displaced Somali people are seen outside their shelter after fleeing from drought stricken regions at a makeshift camp in Baidoa. The hospital ward is filled with the sound of crying, malnourished children, many fed through tubes in their noses. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

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An internally displaced Somali child who fled from drought stricken regions receives treatment at a hospital’s diarrhoea ward in Baidoa. The new patients, mostly children, show signs of chronic malnourishment when they arrive at therapeutic clinics run by UNICEF, said aid workers. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

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The cholera epidemic is most prevalent among women and children. Cholera outbreaks often occur in refugee camps due to overcrowding and poor sanitation. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

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Internally displaced Somali women gather to collect water from a plastic pan near a makeshift camp in Baidoa. Water scarcity also remains a major problem among the new arrivals in the refugee camps. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

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Internally displaced Somali children rest outside their shelter. In recent weeks, aid agencies have started a cholera vaccination campaign across Somalia. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

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An internally displaced Somali woman rests outside her shelter. Somalia’s drought is threatening 3 million lives, according to the U.N. In recent months, aid agencies have been scaling up their efforts but they say said more support is urgently needed to prevent the crisis from worsening. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

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In Somalia, drought-stricken families have had to move from one place to another in order to reach international aid agencies that cannot distribute food in areas under the control of al-Shabab, Somali’s homegrown Islamic extremist rebels who are affiliated to al-Qaida. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

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A Somali policeman walks past as newly displaced Somali children stand outside their makeshift shelter at a camp in Baidoa. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

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Newly displaced Somali children stand outside their makeshift shelter at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. Many of them are clueless about what to do next. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

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A Somali policeman provides security as displaced Somalis gather outside their makeshift shelters at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

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Malnourished brothers Ahmed Isaak, 4, left, and Liban Isaak, 2, right, receive treatment in a children's hospital in Baidoa, Somalia. More aid ‘is very important if we want to prevent the cholera from going out of control and also to prevent famine. We have to get the funding now to prevent it,Steven Lauwerier, UNICEF’s representative for Somalia. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

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Newly displaced Somali women gather near to their makeshift shelters at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. We are still ahead of the curve of the famine because now is when we can save lives, he said. This is not the time to have doubts that funding is not needed. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

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A newly displaced Somali girl holds her sister as they cook food over a fire, next to their makeshift shelter at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

Drought, Cholera and Hunger, Somalis battle it all

Internally displaced Somali people are seen outside their shelter after fleeing from drought stricken regions at a makeshift camp in Baidoa. The hospital ward is filled with the sound of crying, malnourished children, many fed through tubes in their noses. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

The cholera epidemic is most prevalent among women and children. Cholera outbreaks often occur in refugee camps due to overcrowding and poor sanitation. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

Internally displaced Somali women gather to collect water from a plastic pan near a makeshift camp in Baidoa. Water scarcity also remains a major problem among the new arrivals in the refugee camps. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

Internally displaced Somali children rest outside their shelter. In recent weeks, aid agencies have started a cholera vaccination campaign across Somalia. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

In Somalia, drought-stricken families have had to move from one place to another in order to reach international aid agencies that cannot distribute food in areas under the control of al-Shabab, Somali’s homegrown Islamic extremist rebels who are affiliated to al-Qaida. (Feisal Omar/REUTERS)

A Somali policeman walks past as newly displaced Somali children stand outside their makeshift shelter at a camp in Baidoa. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

Newly displaced Somali children stand outside their makeshift shelter at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. Many of them are clueless about what to do next. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

A Somali policeman provides security as displaced Somalis gather outside their makeshift shelters at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

Newly displaced Somali women gather near to their makeshift shelters at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. We are still ahead of the curve of the famine because now is when we can save lives, he said. This is not the time to have doubts that funding is not needed. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

A newly displaced Somali girl holds her sister as they cook food over a fire, next to their makeshift shelter at a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

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