U.N. warns of alarming malnutrition rates in Somali capital

A woman holds her malnourished child in Sirlaabe IDP camp in Mogadishu June 28, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The United Nations has reported alarming rates of malnutrition in the Somali capital where aid agencies cannot meet the needs of 350,000 people due to insufficient funds, drought and conflict.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Somali government had compared the situation to the run-up to a 2011 famine that killed 260,000 people.