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UGANDA: Drought, hunger drive Karamoja children to beg in Kampala

irinnews.org - KAMPALA Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Agatha Locham, 23, sits with her two weak and malnourished children a few steps from the entrance to a bank in Kampala. "Mpayo ekikumi [give me a 100-shilling coin]," the boy, his stomach distended, shouts at passers-by. Locham and her children are among the increasing number of residents of the drought-prone region of Karamoja, north-eastern Uganda, who have travelled hundreds of kilometres to the city to beg to survive. She said her malnourished...» view full story
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