'We're taking away from the hungry to feed the starving'; famine looms in Horn of Africa

Displacement And Famine In Drought Hit Somalia

A baby with its mother while being treated for severe acute malnutrition in Mogadishu, Somalia Source: Getty / Ed Ram/Getty Images

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The Australian government is contributing $15 million towards the food security crisis in the Horn of Africa and Yemen. In Somalia, a fifth failed rain season in a row has led to food shortages being felt by millions.

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