Monday, December 19, 2011

Kenya: Criminal Assault on Famine-Stricken Somalia

Kenya's Criminal Assault on Famine-Stricken Somalia
Stephen Robin, Truthout: "Southern Somalia is currently the ‘epicenter’ of a famine that the UN believes could claim up to 250,000 lives in coming months. Famine relief efforts have been crippled by three major factors: Al Shabaab's partial ban on aid agencies, the large-scale theft of food aid by TFG-affiliated militias, and US aid restrictions.... The Kenyan intervention now joins the factors cited above as a primary obstacle to overcoming 'the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.'"
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