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The worst drought in 40 years has a cruel grip on Somalia. A struggling young government and militant violence have compounded to bring crisis to 6.7 million lives. The town of Baidoa is facing some of the harshest conditions. Surrounded by territory controlled by al-Shabaab militants and amid ongoing attacks, 160,000 people have had to leave their farms and are surviving in camps where hunger, thirst and cholera await them. The numbers are huge – one in six people in Somalia displaced as a result of conflict, drought and the resultant food crisis. Humanitarian assistance in the country is needed by 6.7 million. Somalia is one of four countries currently in the grip of hunger along with Yemen, South Sudan and Nigeria. (Photo by Peter Caton/Mercy Corps)
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