Hunger And Famine Is About to Enter The Horn Of Africa AgainFrom The New York Times:
NAIROBI, Kenya — At a time of drought, skyrocketing food prices, crippling inflation and intensifying street fighting, many of the aid workers whom millions of Somalis depend on for survival are fleeing their posts — or in some cases the country.
They are being driven out by what appears to be an organized terror campaign. Ominous leaflets recently surfaced on the bullet-pocked streets of Mogadishu, Somalia’s ruin of a capital, calling aid workers “infidels” and warning them that they will be methodically hunted down. Since January, at least 20 aid workers have been killed, more than in any year in recent memory. Still others have been abducted.
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More News On Somalia
Somalia aid workers targeted for killings -- UPI
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Aid workers fleeing Somalia over threats -- Independent Bangladesh
Aid agencies fear Somalia famine - 18 Jul 08 AlJazeeraEnglish
My Comment: African governments, the International Community, and the Somalis themselves .... there is blame for everyone.
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