Less than half of the four million Somalis requiring aid to avoid starvation have proper access to it, according to the United Nations.<br /><br />Famine was first identified in the Horn of Africa six months ago, but security fears tied to anti-government al Shabab fighters, who still control large swaths of south-central Somalia, have led many aid organisations to scale back their efforts.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports.
