Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, ... (see map 3), including 250 of Mr Ali’s 300 sheep and goats and 15 of his 20 camels. Trying to sell off the sickly survivors is tricky.

In Somalia’s most recent famine, which took hold in 2011, aid came too late. Half of the deaths had occurred by the time the UN and the national government had agreed that the thresholds to ...

Baidoa, surrounded by Al-Shabab militants, is at the heart of Somalia's worst drought in 40 years. Aid groups warn of impending famine. "The needs are overwhelming," says a UNICEF specialist.