Somalia: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis we’ve ever seen’

Children starving to death before our eyes' say aid workers as G7 leaders warned only massive' and urgent funding will avert famine

Only a massive" and immediate scaling-up of funds and humanitarian relief can save Somalia from famine, a UN spokesperson has warned, as aid workers report children starving to death before our eyes" amid rapidly escalating levels of malnutrition.

In a message to G7 leaders who are meeting from Sunday in Germany, Michael Dunford, the World Food Programme's (WFP) regional director for east Africa, said governments had to donate urgently and generously if there was to be any hope of avoiding catastrophe in the Horn of Africa country.