Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has left Tehran for Mogadishu to inspect the latest situation in the famine-ravaged country

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has left Tehran for the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to inspect the latest situation in the famine-ravaged country.

Salehi, who is heading a delegation comprising of officials of Iran's Red Crescent Society (IRCS), is scheduled to hold talks with Somali authorities, read a Tuesday statement by Iran's Foreign Ministry.

The top Iranian diplomat will also visit camps of the famine-hit Somalis and be briefed about the IRCS's efforts in distributing Iran's humanitarian aid among the people in the Horn of Africa nation.

On Monday, the fourth batch of Iran's humanitarian aid, including 25 tons of rice and grains, was delivered to Somali Red Crescent Society officials to help the impoverished people in the African country.

Iran has so far dispatched more than 120 tons of aid including foodstuff and medicine for the crisis-hit people.

IRCS Head Abolhassan Faqih said on Monday that the fifth and sixth humanitarian aid shipments for drought-stricken Somalia are being loaded into cargo planes at Payam Airport, located 40 kilometers (24 miles) west of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

He added that the IRCS plans to dispatch a major humanitarian aid shipment to Somalia by sea next week and noted that the 5,000 ton consignment will include foodstuff and medicine.

The United Nations has warned that more than 13 out of every 10,000 children aged less than five die in the Somalia famine zone every day.

The drought and famine have affected more than 11.8 million people across Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Somalia has been the hardest-hit country in what is being described as the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in 60 years.