The UN last month said that two regions in Somalia were suffering from famine. Wednesday’s announcement raises the number of famine zones to five.

The UN said Wednesday the prevalence of acute malnutrition and rates of crude mortality surpassed the famine thresholds in areas of Middle Shabelle, the Afgoye corridor refugee settlement and the Mogadishu internally displaced community.

Somalia is suffering its worst drought in 60 years. Getting aid to the country has been difficult because Al-Qaeda-linked militants control much of the country’s most desperate areas.