Brewing crisis in the Horn of Africa

The first faces Five-year-old Abdullahi Mohamud cries as a nurse struggles to find a vein in his arm to administer him an injection at a government-run health clinic in Shada, Somalia. Abdullahi was diagnosed with bronchitis and severe malnutrition. His family lost all their livestock due to drought and have travelled 150 km in search of help. Somalia is on the brink of famine with over half the country’s population facing acute food insecurity, says the United Nations. The intensifying crisis has seen humanitarian groups racing against time to prevent a repeat of 2011, where 260,000 people died of famine across the country.

Brewing crisis in the Horn of Africa

The first faces: Five-year-old Abdullahi Mohamud cries as a nurse struggles to find a vein in his arm to administer him an injection at a government-run health clinic in Shada, Somalia. Abdullahi was diagnosed with bronchitis and severe malnutrition. His family lost all their livestock due to drought and have travelled 150 km in search of help. Somalia is on the brink of famine with over half the country’s population facing acute food insecurity, says the United Nations. The intensifying crisis has seen humanitarian groups racing against time to prevent a repeat of 2011, where 260,000 people died of famine across the country. GETTY IMAGES