Cholera and famine have claimed the lives of at least another 142 people in war-torn Somalia over the past 24 hours, Press TV reports.
Medical sources say at least 83 children have died this morning in the town of Afgooye, 30 kilometers southeast of Mogadishu. This is while more than 1,300 women and children have been hospitalized in the same region.
Meanwhile, medical officials in Mogadishu also say that cholera has claimed the lives of at least 59 children, while another 977 are currently hospitalized in Hoosh District's Kaah Medical Center.
The developments come as the country's drought victims are still facing the looting of humanitarian aid in different districts across Mogadishu.
Cholera is confirmed in Banadir, Bay, Mudug and Lower Shabelle regions of Somalia, and the number of acute diarrhea cases has increased dramatically in the last few months.
Reports say that aid agencies can take food supplies to only a limited number of people affected by the disaster since insecurity hinders efforts in much of the country's south.
Somalia has been without an effective central government since the 1991 overthrow of its former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
