Over 50,000 children at risk of dying in Somalia over acute malnutrition, emergency response body says.

The United Nations office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the organisation responsible for coordinating and responding to global emergency responses now warns of nutrition assistance crisis of no response is offered to mitigate the imminent danger.

Over fifty thousand children are at risk of dying from severely acute malnourishment with out timely responses while other 250, 000 moderately acute malnourished children may not receive nutrition assistance without response, the emergency organisation days.

Calls for humanitarian needs in Somalia recently increased following floods that wrecked havoc in parts of Somalia that displaced thousands and isolated villages cutting access and transport services.