In Lower Shabelle, 18% of children under five died and in Mogadishu 17%, the report said.

BBC: Somalia famine 'killed 260,000 people'

The UN first declared a famine in July 2011 in Somalia's Southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions.

BBC: Somalia famine 'killed 260,000 people'

She's in charge of revenue collection for the Finance Ministry in the Lower Shabelle region, and had just driven from Mogadishu in her small white car with a couple of armed guards.

BBC: Somalia's struggle for unity far from over