A severely malnourished child waits with his mother to be admitted to Banadir Hospital in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on July 26, 2011. An estimated 3.7 million people in Somalia -- around a third of the population -- are on the brink of starvation and millions more in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda have been struck by the worst drought in the region in 60 years. The UN's World Programme Programme (WFP) said its food airlift to the Somali capital Mogadishu for drought victims was delayed on Tuesday due to last minute bureaucratic hurdles in Kenya. "The aircraft are loading with the hope that they can take off on Wednesday," said WFP spokesman David Orr. AFP PHOTO/ Mustafa ABDI