1.7 million Somali children face severe malnutrition - report
A file photo taken on November 28, 2007 shows Somali children waiting for food rations in the courtyard of a distribution centre in southern Mogadishu.
Nearly a quarter of Somalia's population is in constant need of food, the result of erratic weather and insecurity that has ravaged the country for the past three years.
And the latest figures show that the number could rise to 4.4 million between April and June this year, up from a previous estimate of 3.3 million.
