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Somalia famine through a photographer's eyes of suffering
Cox News Service photographer Louis J. Salome shares stark scenes from Baidoa and Mogadishu where 1.5 million people face starvation. He describes a 7 year old boy Abdi Rizak Abdi Ahmed dying as adults insist on photography to spur aid, while famine reshapes life under clan power and looting threats.
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Cox Newspapers
Middle East
Louis Salome
Somalia
Mogadishu
Baidoa
Ghilbet
Abdi Rizak Abdi Ahmed
Abdi Rizak