The United Nations said Friday that international food assistance to Somalia was the only reason why famine was being kept at bay in the troubled country. The UN’s World Food Programme said the situation was dire and the nation was now in a desperate race against time to avert famine, having suffered four consecutive failed rainy seasons since the end of 2020 and with a fifth underway. But WFP warned that if the world waited for famine to be formally declared before taking action, it would already be too late. “Somalia is absolutely not out of danger yet. We remain extremely concerned about th…