Somalia famine to kill thousands - Part 1

The UN in Somalia says tens of thousands of people will have died of starvation by the time the famine in the Horn of Africa ends. East Africa's drought is battering Somali children, with hundreds left for dead on the journey to the world's largest refugee camp.

A Somali woman from southern Somalia holds her malnourished child in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Aug, 17, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

A Somali girl from southern Somalia sit behind barbed wire in a line to receive food at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Aug, 17, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Hassan Abdulkadir Adan, left, and Moktar Hassan Garad, right, from southern Somalia carry their dead 7 and 5 year-old boys from a local hospital in Mogadishu, for burial Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Internally-displaced women queue for food rations at a feeding centre as thousands flee severe drought in southern Somalia, in 2011. Global food prices -- a major catalyst for social unrest in the Middle East and Africa -- will remain high in 2012, the head of a UN body said Tuesday as he warned there was no simple formula to beat hunger. (AFP Photo/Mohamed Abdiwahab)

An aid worker using an iPad films the rotting carcass of a cow in Wajir near the Kenya-Somalia border in this July 23, 2011 file photo. Since drought gripped the Horn of Africa, and especially since famine was declared in parts of Somalia, the international aid industry has swept in and out of refugee camps and remote hamlets in branded planes and snaking lines of white 4x4s. From floods that crippled countries, to mega cyclones, huge blizzards, killer tornadoes to famine-inducing droughts, 2011 has been another record-breaker for bad weather. While it is too early to predict what 2012 will be like, insurers and weather prediction agencies point to a clear trend: the world's weather is becoming more extreme and more costly. REUTERS/Barry Malone/Files (KENYA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER SOCIETY BUSINESS)

Refugee Abshiro Isakbul sits at the Transit Centre in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia. Over 300,000 refugees have fled severe drought, conflict and famine in southern Somalia this year, according to the United Nations. Many have streamed into Ethiopia, which continues to receive hundreds of refugees every day as fighting rages between Al-Qaeada-linked Shebab insurgents, government troops and regional armies. (AFP Photo/William Davies)

A boy tries to collect water at the Transit Centre in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia. Over 300,000 refugees have fled severe drought, conflict and famine in southern Somalia this year, according to the United Nations. Many have streamed into Ethiopia, which continues to receive hundreds of refugees every day as fighting rages between Al-Qaeada-linked Shebab insurgents, government troops and regional armies. (AFP Photo/William Davies)

A woman and her children walk to the Transit Centre in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia. Over 300,000 refugees have fled severe drought, conflict and famine in southern Somalia this year, according to the United Nations. Many have streamed into Ethiopia, which continues to receive hundreds of refugees every day as fighting rages between Al-Qaeada-linked Shebab insurgents, government troops and regional armies. (AFP Photo/William Davies)

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - AUGUST 13: Aden Madow carries the body of Hamza Ali Faysal, 3, from a camp of displaced Somalis within the rubble of the Cathedral of Mogadishu on August 13, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The malnourished child died of sickness two weeks after fleeing with his family from famine and drought in far southern Somalia. The US government estimates that some 30,000 children have died in southern Somalia in the last 90 days. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - AUGUST 14: Halima Hassan holds her severely malnourished son Abdulrahman Abshir, 7 months, at the Banadir hospital on August 14, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The US government estimates that some 30,000 children have died in southern Somalia in the last 90 days due to famine and drought. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2011 - People roll and drag water containers in Wajir in this recently taken handout photo released on July 21, 2011. A wide swathe of east Africa, including Kenya and Ethiopia, has been hit by years of severe drought and the United Nations says two regions of southern Somalia are suffering the worst famine for 20 years, with 3.7 million people facing starvation. REUTERS/Jakob Dall/Danish Red

A Somali man from southern Mogadishu carries his dead child in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 20; 2011. The United Nations World Food Programme is bolstering its nutritional support for malnourished children and mothers in the Horn of Africa. WFP is also expanding its use of cash transfers to help drought-hit families get the food they need. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh

A Somali father from southern Somalia lowers the body of his dead child in the grave in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 20; 2011. The United Nations World Food Programme is bolstering its nutritional support for malnourished children and mothers in the Horn of Africa. WFP is also expanding its use of cash transfers to help drought-hit families get the food they need. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh

Severely malnourished child from southern Somalia is being held in a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. The United Nations World Food Programme is bolstering its nutritional support for malnourished children and mothers in the Horn of Africa. WFP is also expanding its use of cash transfers to help drought-hit families get the food they need. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somali men from southern Somalia offers funeral prayers next to a dead child in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 20; 2011. The United Nations World Food Programme is bolstering its nutritional support for malnourished children and mothers in the Horn of Africa. WFP is also expanding its use of cash transfers to help drought-hit families get the food they need. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh

Severely malnourished child from southern Somalia seen in a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. The United Nations World Food Programme is bolstering its nutritional support for malnourished children and mothers in the Horn of Africa. WFP is also expanding its use of cash transfers to help drought-hit families get the food they need. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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