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UN: Almost 1.4m Children are at Risk of Starvation Across Four countries

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The UN children's agency said political failure and conflict were to blame for the crises

The deputy director of the UN children's agency, Justin Forsyth, said political failure and conflict were to blame for the crises.

Six years since the last famine was declared, the United Nation's children's agency says almost 1.4 million children are at risk of starvation across four countries.

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