Famine in Africa: Share your story

A woman holds her severely malnourished child in a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia, on July 15. (Stuart Price/Reuters)

Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a UN official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation.

The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiraling prices. Some areas in the region have not had such a low rainfall in 60 years, aid group Oxfam said.

The last time conditions were this bad was in 1992, when hundreds of thousands of Somalis starved to death. That famine prompted intervention by an international peacekeeping force, but it eventually pulled out after two American Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in 1993.

CBC News is interested in hearing your stories of famine. If you've lived through a famine or visited a country during a famine we would love to hear from you.

Have you survived a famine? Do you know someone currently living in the affected areas in Africa? Please contact us at yournews@cbc.ca to share your story.