Somalia receiving unprecedented levels of food aid, with ‘famine at the door’

noted that, despite so far reaching an unprecedented 3.7 million people with relief and over 300,000 with nutrition support, famine is an imminent reality unless drastic action is immediately taken. This is more than double the number of people assisted by the agency in April, and WFP is aiming to reach 4.5 million in the coming months.

The last famine in Somalia, in 2011-12, killed over a quarter of a million people – and while the…