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UN chief to visit Kenya as famine threatens region

By AFP
Kenya UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, pictured in February 2017, will be visiting Kenya, a key country in the peace efforts taking place in Somalia and South Sudan.  By Fabrice COFFRINI AFPFile
MAR 3, 2017 LISTEN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, pictured in February 2017, will be visiting Kenya, a key country in the peace efforts taking place in Somalia and South Sudan. By Fabrice COFFRINI (AFP/File)

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Kenya on Sunday for talks with leaders on regional issues, his spokesman said Friday, as South Sudan and Somalia face famine.

Somalia is facing the threat of a famine while parts of northern South Sudan are already suffering from starvation.

Kenya is a key player in peace efforts in Somalia and has agreed to contribute troops to a new UN regional force for South Sudan.

Guterres, who took the UN helm in January, is pushing for a new strategy to end South Sudan's three-year war.

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