The small and struggling country appears to poised to become the first in Africa to end female genital mutilation.

Could Somaliland eradicate FGM?

The autonomous region of Somaliland, that has been in the grip of hunger and disease, is now in the grip of election fever.

Somaliland: From fighting famine to election fever

As food aid from the UK begins to arrive, the people of drought-hit Somaliland are thankful - but the hunger crisis is far from over. 

With no rain for three years, more than one million people in the unrecognised east-African nation are on the brink of famine. 

Children like Mohammed Abdi are already weakened by hunger and illness but are now facing the threat of contracting the deadly disease.

People across the West Country are responding to an appeal to help the 20 million people affected by the drought in East Africa,.

A team from the Cornish charity Shelterbox is in Somaliland where a savage drought is threatening millions of people.

A top official has put out an emotional plea to the world as her homeland stands on the brink of starvation. 

Waiting desperately on rains that have not come for more than three years, Somaliland is standing on the brink of a catastrophic famine.