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  • Mar 12

    Africa's famine by numbers

    40,434 - New arrivals at Dadaab in July, more than ever in its 20 year history

    390,000 - Refugees now at Dadaab, when it was designed for 90,000

    44,000 - Refugees arriving since June to Ethiopian camps on Somali
    border

    29 - Cases of measles at Dadaab, raising fears of outbreaks

    15m - People Oxfam warns will need help soon, a 25 per cent increase from the
    current 12m

    6 - more regions of southern Somalia likely to tip into famine in the coming
    days, from the current two

    3 - months until rains are next due across the Horn of Africa

    100,000 - people who have fled to Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, since June

    30 - days of Ramadan, during which fresh fighting is expected in the city

    f610,000 - raised for food aid from Kenyan individuals in 7-day nationwide
    appeal

    f0.9bn - outstanding from global UN appeal to help