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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Somalia's fragile new government risks collapse unless donors contribute millions of dollars to alleviate drought that has wiped out half the nation's livestock, a U.N. official said Tuesday.
The entire Horn of Africa is in the grips of the worst drought in a decade but Somalia is in particular danger of slipping into full-blown famine, said Christian Balslev-Olesen, the acting humanitarian coordinator for the nation.
The United Nations is asking for $326 million for Somalia. Without help, up to 80 percent of the nation's livestock could die and southern areas could see 10,000-12,000 human deaths each month, Balslev-Olesen said.
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