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The severe droughts that have ravaged Somalia over the past three years have deprived people of food to such an extent that half of the country is now waiting for emergency food aid. 

 More than one million children are currently at risk of death and nearly half of the Somali population is affected by family violence. The percentages are much lower in Kenya or Ethiopia. The United Nations believes that Somalia is facing the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world today.

The huge refugee camps in eastern Kenya and Ethiopia, already overcrowded, have seen a massive influx of Somali refugees. The challenge in the coming weeks is these population displacements. Last week, Mogadishu, and the people who took refuge there, were themselves placed in a state of famine.

The risk, for Luca Alinovi, Somalia Officer at FAO, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, is that these displaced people will leave their country: "There is a risk that the situation will get worse if we cannot control the situation in Somalia. There is a risk of destabilization in other countries. Kenya and Ethiopia have both expressed their fears about a massive influx of refugees. This can create problems that countries could not manage. Especially when a Somali becomes a refugee, the return to his country becomes extremely complicated.

The issue of refugees is also crucial for humanitarian aid. According to Luca Alinovi, taking care of refugees costs 10 to 15 times more than helping displaced people. In addition, famine is creating more and more tensions inside the camps. Attacks on food aid convoys are increasing. Last Friday in Mogadishu, five people died in a shooting attributed to soldiers who completely looted a World Food Programme convoy. The 300 tons of food have been stolen.

In addition, Somalia is in a very complicated situation, extremely fragile politically and facing the Shebab rebellion. And despite their abandonment of Mogadishu last weekend, the rebels control almost all the areas declared famine.