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Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger

Government move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutrition Uganda has launched emergency food relief distribution after at least 19 deaths from hunger were reported in an area of…

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Uganda has initiated emergency food handouts in response to a growing hunger crisis in the Karamoja region. The move comes after a prolonged period of drought and crop failures, which have left 1.5 million people facing malnutrition.

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