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Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
170 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Environmental degradation resulting from a prolonged drought in northern and northeastern Somalia is threatening to destroy the livelihoods of an estimated 120,000 livestock rearers, a United Nations official said on Monday. "The livelihoods of 120,000 people are threatened and they have to find other means of livelihood," Robert Hauser, World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director for Somalia, told IRIN.

Category: 
Land & Environment [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/environment/23932 [5]
Country: 
Somalia [6]

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