Somalia teeters on the brink of catastrophe as hunger crisis deepens That’s the verdict delivered on Friday by World Food Programme ( WFP ) Assistant Executive Director Matthew Hollingworth upon his return from Somalia, where millions are once again being pushed toward the brink of famine. The UN’s emergency food agency is warning that nearly six million people – roughly one in three Somalis – now face acute hunger , including two million already experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity, just one step away from famine. Around 1.9 million children are acutely malnourished. Hormuz factor According to WFP, the crisis is being intensified by global economic shocks linked to instability in and around the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Middle East crisis.  Food prices have surged by as much as 70 per cent in some areas of Somalia, while fuel prices have risen 150 per cent , driving up the cost of transporting aid and basic goods.…