The United Nations officially declared on Friday an end to the famine in Somalia.. The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said that because of a good harvest and humanitarian aid, parts of southern Somalia have improved from famine conditions to a less-severe “emergency.” But FAO Director-General Jose Graziano warned those gains were fragile and could be reversed without continued support. “We got this season more than 200 percent improvements in some food staple crops and we can do that (again) if we are able to support the farmers in this forthcoming 90 days. We have less than 100 days to avoid another famine in the region, that is the important message,” Graziano said.
