Saturday, July 26, 2008

SOMALIA: Famine Looms as Aid Workers Flee


NAIROBI, Jul 25 (IPS) - By December this year, aid agencies estimate that the number of displaced and hungry people in need of life-saving aid in Somalia will swell to 3.5 million—nearly half the country's population. Yet, as drought and conflict conspire to worsen the crisis, the humanitarian space to deliver food and other essential assistance in this conflict zone has all but vanished. more.. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43320

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