Refugees Flee War And Starvation In Somalia -- L.A. Times
An aid official calls it the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Aid camps in neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia are overwhelmed as drought and Shabab militants take their toll.
Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya, and Mogadishu — To save themselves, Rahmo Ibrahim Madey and three of her children escaped on foot this month from southern Somalia's Bakol region — a drought-racked land controlled by the Islamist militants of the Shabab group.
Less than 20 miles from their destination, the battered capital of Mogadishu, Madey's 1-year-old daughter, Fadumo, died of starvation.
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More News On the Growing Famine In The Horn Of Africa
Major African countries ignore Horn of Africa famine appeal -- The Telegraph
Drought stricken Somalia nears famine -- Wikinews
Mogadishu: the children caught between fighting and famine -- The Guardian
Horn of Africa drought: Kenya to open Ifo II camp -- BBC
The forgotten people of Africa's famine cry out for aid -- The Telegraph
Horn of Africa food crisis - Photos -- Times Live
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