Somali children are 'on the edge' as hunger spreads. UNICEF says Iran war has worsened the crisis
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Nurto Madey, a mother displaced by drought, holds her daughter inside her makeshift hut at Ladan internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Dolow, southern Somalia, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)A Somali mother holds her malnourished child as she waits to receive therapeutic food at a UNICEF-funded nutrition center in Dolow, Somalia, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)Isho Isak sits with her malnourished child at Dolow Referral Hospital in southern Somalia after being affected by drought, Wednesday, March 25, 2026 (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell (center) listens to a woman holding her malnourished child at Dolow Referral Hospital in southern Somalia after being affected by drought, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)Sandra Lattouf, UNICEF Representative in Somalia, smiles at a mother of twin malnourished children at Dolow Referral Hospital in southern Somalia, Wednesday, March 25, 2026.(AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
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Nurto Madey, a mother displaced by drought, holds her daughter inside her makeshift hut at Ladan internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Dolow, southern Somalia, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)