260,000 Died Starving In Somalia In 2011

Famine- 260,000 Died Starving In Somalia In 2011; Half Were Children, Says Report -- Christian Post

New Report More Than Doubles Initial Death Toll for 2011 Crisis

In a famine, 260,000 died of starvation in Somalia, with at least half of victims being children aged 5 and under, a new report found. The famine, which happened in late 2010 and early 2011, killed more than twice the amount of people officials originally thought.

The famine in which 260,000 died was a combination of several factors: signs of food shortages across East Africa went largely ignored by the international community; radical militants exacerbated the problem by hindering food aid and deliveries across central Somalia; and many of the malnourished were unable to survive the journey out of the country due to sickness, hunger, or the militant extremists.

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Update #1: Famine 260,000 died: 2011 Somali famine killed hundreds of thousands -- Examiner
Update #2: Report: 260,000 Died in Somali Famine -- AP

My Comment: If political instability and civil war returns .... expect the return of another famine.