Nairobi, Jumada I 13, 1438, Feb 10, 2017, SPA -- A worsening drought hitting Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya has left more than 11 million people facing severe hunger, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said Friday. "This is the worst situation we have seen in the region since 2011, when more than a quarter of a million people died in Somalia alone," said Fatoumata Nafo-Traore, IFRC regional director for Africa. According to dpa, the situation is the worst in Somalia, where nearly 40 per cent of the population need some form of humanitarian assistance and deaths have already been reported in the north, according to IFRC. The charity Save the Children said tens of thousands of Somalis were leaving their homes in search for food, water and grazing lands for their animals, while camels were dying. --SPA 16:25 LOCAL TIME 13:25 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w329636