The U.N. says famine will reach parts of Somalia later this year

This map illustrates the severity of projected food insecurities across Somalia (Phil Holm/AP)

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration in Somalia as thousands are dying in a historic drought made worse by the effects of the war in Ukraine.

U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told reporters that he was "shocked to my core these past few days" on a visit to Somalia in which he witnessed starving babies too weak to cry.