Famine has spread to a sixth area of Somalia and tens of thousands of people have died as a result of severe food shortages, the United Nations has said.<br /><br />More than half of Somalia's entire population faces a severe food shortage, and the world body has now officially extended the famine zone.<br /><br />In Mogadishu, there are now half a million refugees and there are warnings from the UN that the famine could spread to the entire south of the country by the end of the year.<br /><br />The UN says it needs at least $1bn, but one leading charity says the public is being mislead into believing that money can solve the crisis.<br /><br />Medicine Sans Frontiere, Doctors Without Borders, wants international aid agencies to admit that reaching some of the worst affected victims of famine may not be possible.<br /><br />The French-based charity has criticised aid agencies and parts of the media for glossing over the realities of the situation.<br /><br />The World Food Programme, which is providing most of Somalia's food, says lives can be saved, but admits there are millions of people it cannot reach.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Mogadishu.
