The southern Africa region is facing one of the worst droughts in living memory.

The Scottish government has given £500,000 to Christian Aid, Mercy Corps, Sciaf and Tearfund.

Andrew Harding reports on one family’s agonising loss in Somalia amid growing fears of a famine.

In the past year the country has recorded 179 elephant deaths due to the ongoing drought.

Fardhosa is just 13 years old but has lived through three droughts in her life and never had three meals a day.

Africa has been hit by 14 extreme droughts in the past two years alone - more than any other continent.

At least 4.5m Somalis are facing a famine as the country experiences its worst drought in a decade.

In what experts call Somalia's worst drought in a decade, children are facing severe malnutrition.