“My first priority is to address this drought crisis and my main priority is to make an appeal to the international community to help us,” Mohamed said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned there are just two months left to avert what would be Somalia’s third famine in 25 years. The last one, in 2011, killed nearly 260,000 people.

More than 363,000 acutely malnourished children are in need of urgent help [File: REUTERS/Feisal Omar]

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Last week, the government declared a national disaster as the drought continued to ravage the country..

According to the WHO, more than 363,000 acutely malnourished children and 70,000 severely malnourished children are in need of urgent, life-saving support.

The Horn of Africa nation is one of three countries – along with Yemen and Nigeria – that aid agencies say are on the verge of famine. A famine was declared in South Sudan last month