In Bay, a key agricultural region, the United Nations says the harvest has dropped by more than 40 percent. Now the United Nations is warning that the country risks a repeat of the 2011 famine that killed around 260,000 people. Aid workers are asking for $825 million to provide aid to 6.2 million Somalis, about half the country's population. Insecurity prevents aid workers from accessing parts of the country, so in many parts of Somalia, families from rural areas are flooding into cities in search of food. As water sources evaporate, many families are forced to drink water infected with deadly cholera bacteria.

Source: Sunday Times March 13, 2017 09:03 UTC