UN warns famine 'at the door' in Somalia

Somalia is staring at a humanitarian crisis as drought ravages the country. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

The UN's humanitarian chief warned Monday that drought-ravaged Somalia was on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade, and time was running out to save lives.

"Famine is at the door and we are receiving a final warning," Martin Griffiths told a press conference in the Somali capital Mogadishu.