The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not only driving up the price at the pump in the United States,

it's driving up the cost of delivering humanitarian aid around the world.

That is particularly acute for Somalia, which is facing one of the most complex hunger crises in recent years.

Nick Schifrin is back now with that report.

For more than a year, Somalia's children have suffered from a looming famine and deep cuts to foreign aid.

And now the war in Iran for them has become a matter of life and death.

Iran's chokehold over the Strait of Form Muz has led to shortages of life-saving foods

and delays on deliveries by humanitarian groups.

It's just one example of the war's impact well beyond the strait to discuss that is Matthew

Hollingsworth, Assistant Executive Director for Program Operations at the World Food Program,

who joins me from Mogadisha. Thanks very much, Matthew Hollingsworth. Welcome to the NewsHour.

Just how much has the war, this chokeholder of the strait, affected your operations in Somalia? We're seeing

already significant increases in food costs across the country. We're seeing as much as 150%

increase in fuel costs across Somalia.

And it's slowing things down when it comes to deliveries.

We've just received in the last days a shipment that was due to come in 30 days ago and was 30 days delayed.

That means that during that period, we simply didn't have enough assistance, but it comes

at a time when the country is already facing the impact of three consecutive failed

rainy seasons and drought throughout vast parts of the country where very significant numbers

of people, more than two million, are facing

very serious levels of hunger. This all adds together and brings us the perfect storm in terms of

the impact on Somalis around the country. During your trip, you visited a village in Puntland,

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