A child dies, a child lives: why Somalia drought is not another famine

A Somali boy is seen at the new Kabasa Internally displaced camp in the northern Somali town of Dollow, Somalia, February 25, 2018. Picture taken February 25, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

DOLLOW, Somalia (Reuters) - At the height of Somalia's 2011 famine, Madow Mohamed had to leave her crippled five-year-old son Abdirahman by the side of the road to lead her eight other starving children towards help.

When she returned to search for him, she found only a grave. He was among the 260,000 Somalis who perished.