more than 1,500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily in already-packed refugee camps in Dadaab,

Niger - Screening of Malnutrition

Somalia Drought Crisis 2011



A severely malnourished Somali boy who had fled with his family the drought-hit southern Somalia lays in Mogadishu, Somalia, 10 July 2011. More than 1,000 Somalis fleeing the worsening drought in the region are arriving in the capital every day, only to find no or very little aid offered to them. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says some 100 children die of malnutrition every day in Somalia while 60,000 are displaced inside the Horn of African nation daily, according to the state-run Radio Mogadishu. In recent weeks, more than 1,500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily in already-packed refugee camps in Dadaab, northeastern Kenya, as a result of the worsening drought. Some 12 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are said to be in need of food aid as a severe drought is threatening the region

A child from southern Somalia eats a piece of bread inside a destroyed building in Mogadishu,Somalia, Monday, July 11,2011,after fleeing from southern Somalia.

A child from southern Somalia eats a piece of bread inside a destroyed building in Mogadishu,Somalia, Monday, July 11,2011,after fleeing from southern Somalia.

Somali families from southern Somalia stand around a pool of rain water in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 11, 2011

Somali families from southern Somalia carrying their belongings arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia .
A Somali familiy from southern Somalia stand next to makeshift shelter next to a pool of rain water in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia .

A Somali familiy from southern Somalia stand next to makeshift shelter next to a pool of rain water in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia .

A Somali woman and her child from southern Somalia sit on a road in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia

A Somali child from southern Somalia stands next to makeshift shelter in a puddle of rain water as his family wait inside the shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia

A Somali familiy from southern Somalia, carrying their belongings arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia .

A Somali from southern Somalia, arrives in Mogadishu, Somalia carrying her child, Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia .

A Somali familiy from southern Somalia, sit with her children in a ruined building in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia

A Somali familiy from southern Somalia, sit in a ruined building in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 11, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia .

Somalis from southern Somalia, erect makeshift shelters in Mogadishu Somalia on Monday July 11, 2011

A man from southern Somalia erects a makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia on Monday July 11, 2011 after fleeing from southern Somalia . Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating.