Some 2.6 million people, or 35 per cent of Somali's total population, face a food crisis, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned Monday. The situation has dramatically deteriorated in the conflict-ridden Horn of Africa nation due to soaring food prices, a significantly devalued Somali shilling, and worsening drought, the FAO said in a statement released at its Rome headquarters. The FAO has appealed to international donors for some 18.4 million dollars in emergency aid for Somalia in 2008, but to date it has only received around 3.7 millions dollars from Sweden and Italy, the statement was quoted as saying by DPA.
