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Government move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutritionUganda has launched emergency food relief distribution after at least 19 deaths from hunger were reported in an area of prolonged drought in the east of the country.A crisis has been building in the Karamoja region of Uganda as crops have failed without the seasons expected rains, leaving the regions 1.5 million people facing acute food shortages and rising malnutrition.

Source: The Guardian

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