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More than 28 million people across East Africa are at risk of extreme hunger if the March rains fail again, an international development charity warned on Tuesday. Oxfam International said the global food and commodity prices spiking in reaction to Ukraine crisis will worsen hunger for 21 million people already in severe food insecurity in the region. Oxfam further said areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and beyond are experiencing an unfolding full-scale catastrophe.
In Turkana and West Pokot, the National Drought Management Authority has reported a rise in malnutrition in children due to prolonged drought.
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