Militias, Corruption Block Food Aid to Somali Famine Victims
Al-Shabaab insurgents have prevented people from reaching humanitarian aid in Mogadishu, while in other areas food meant for famine victims is being stolen.
Somali children left outside the displacement camps.
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Somalia:
Armed Militia Grab the Famine Business
IPS, 7 September 2011
Armed groups are withholding aid and preventing Somali famine refugees from leaving camps to ensure the continued supply of food by aid agencies that they are presently selling on… Read more »
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Somalia:
Insurgents Prevent Displaced From Reaching Aid
UNIRIN, 6 September 2011
Al-Shabab insurgents have prevented thousands of people fleeing famine-struck parts of Somalia from reaching humanitarian assistance in Mogadishu, trucking them instead to a… Read more »
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Somalia:
Food Aid Stolen From Famine Victims
IPS, 5 September 2011
Masses of food meant for famine victims in Somalia are being stolen, an investigation has revealed. Read more »
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Somalia:
Famine Threatens 750,000, Says Agency
UN News, 5 September 2011
The United Nations agricultural agency today called for greater efforts bring the food crisis in the Horn of Africa under control, saying that famine conditions had spread to a… Read more »
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Somalia:
750,000 Face Starvation As Famine Spreads - UN
FSNAU, 5 September 2011
August survey results indicate that the prevalence of acute malnutrition and the rate of crude mortality have surpassed Famine thresholds in Bay Region of southern Somalia. Read more »
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Somalia:
UN Calls for Feeding Famine Hit People Inside Country
Shabelle, 5 September 2011
The United Nations on Sunday called for drought and affected people to be fed inside Somalia to avert traveling for food and water covering very long distances to reach neighboring… Read more »