People in the countryside in central and southern Somalia were especially at risk.
In 1926, after a some resistance, southern Somalia was fully pacified.
Families from across southern Somalia have been making their way to the capital since the worst droughts in 60 years hit the area last month.
The civil war disrupted agriculture and food distribution in southern Somalia.
Soon after a famine was declared in parts of southern Somalia.
More than 1,500 refugees continued to arrive every day from southern Somalia, 80 per cent of whom were women and children.
He also called for feeding centres to be set up within southern Somalia.
Death rates dropped as food convoys were able to reach all corners of southern Somalia.
Several aid groups are now investigating returning to southern Somalia.
Foreign journalists have no access to the main famine-struck areas in southern Somalia.
