Millions of livestock have died in the current crisis, which has been compounded by climate change and insecurity as Somalia battles thousands of fighters with al-Qaeda’s East Africa affiliate, al-Shabab. The UN migration agency says 3.8 million people are displaced, a record high.

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A food security assessment released last month said nearly half a million children in Somalia are likely to be severely malnourished this year.

This time, the world is looking elsewhere, many humanitarian officials say.

“Many of the traditional donors have washed their hands and focused on Ukraine,” the UN resident co-ordinator in Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, told the visiting US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, during a briefing in Mogadishu in January.