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30/12/2005 - DJIBOUTI : Food insecurity worsens as dry spell peersists.
The delayed onset of the October-February rainy season in Djibouti has led to worsening food insecurity in pastoral areas due to lack of pasture and water in the coastal dry period grazing areas, a famine alert agency has reported.
Milk production and livestock sales were far below seasonal average levels, the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) said in its monthly update for Djibouti, which was released on 18 December.
"There is a strong probability that the food security situation among pastoralists will deteriorate in the coming months, with a resulting increase in the drought-affected population by 30-40 percent (around 66,000 people),"