somalia has a long history of droughts, but due to climate change, the intervals between them are getting shorter, and this one is the worst in a0 years. it s estimated that more than half the population nearly 8 million people are currently living in drought affected areas. the situation is getting worse. it s growing into a full blown famine, where households have no food, and children suffer acute malnutrition. andrew harding s report comes from dolow, where people have come in search of life saving help, a warning that you are likely to find parts of it difficult to watch. from the parched plains of southern somalia, a weary exodus. these families have trekked for days across a hostile wilderness in search of food. tens of thousands have made similarjourneys in recent weeks, drawn to places like this. the crowded outskirts of dolow, a border town where some help is at hand. the local hospital, funded by britain since the last famine here back in 2011, is playing a vit
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