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Rain or Shine...

Friday 30 April 1999 00:02 BST
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MORE THAN 100,000 people will face starvation and thousands of cattle will die in Somalia if the May rains fail this year, according to the United Nations.

The UN World Food Programme has warned that the rains' failure will inflict suffering on the nomadic people in the north-east of the country. On Tuesday the WFP delivered 335 tons of food to the area as part of 1,500 tons earmarked for the 100,000 people there.

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