Ukraine war diverts attention from hunger: Pope
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Pope Francis has said that the war in Ukraine distracted attention from the problem of world hunger and called for urgent food aid to stave off looming famine in Somalia.
“The people of this region, who already live in very precarious conditions, are now in mortal danger because of drought,” he said at his weekly address in St Peter’s Square, referring to the Horn of Africa, Al Jazeera reports.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said this month that it could officially declare famine in eight regions of Somalia next month if livestock continue to die, key commodity prices rise further and humanitarian assistance fails to reach the most vulnerable.
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