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Urgent funding needed to respond to crisis and to consolidate gains

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Somalia
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OCHA
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HIGHLIGHTS

  • The security situation in southern Somalia remains unpredictable with fighting erupting in Kismayo and the attack on the UN in Mogadishu.

  • Almost 4 million people have received polio vaccination after a polio outbreak was confirmed in May, six years after Somalia was declared free of the crippling virus.

  • Urgent funding is needed to respond to immense humanitarian needs in Somalia and to consolidate gains made.

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