Aid Reaches Drought Victims In Islamist Area Of Somalia
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has called on donor countries to come up with $1.6bn for the famine in Somalia. The UN food agency will host emergency talks in Rome on Monday as aid agencies struggle to help nearly 12 million people on the brink of starvation. Meanwhile, the BBC has learnt that the Red Cross has managed to deliver food to 24,000 people to a town, north-west of the capital Mogadishu. It is one of the worst affected areas by drought in the country and is under the control of the Islamist group, al-Shabab.
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UN - Drought, famine plaguing East Africa [NBC 7-06-2011]
Visit: http://MeTee.com/coupon/SubscribeForNews Support this Youtube channel and Design and Publish a T-Shirt using the link above. This channel is brought to you by MeTee T-Shirts: The place for On-Demand t-shirts. - Sunday July 17 2011 3:23 pm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/?id=11881780&q=UN+-+Drought,+famine+plaguing+East+Africa+&search=&p=1&st=1&sm=user The Ethiopian Civil War began on September 12, 1974 when the Marxist Derg staged a coup d'état against Emperor Haile Selassie, and lasted until the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of rebel groups, overthrew the government in 1991. The war overlapped other Cold War conflicts in Africa, such as the Angolan Civil War (1975--2002). - Like/Dislike, Comment, Favorite and share on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ to get the word out on this video. Signup for the Daily News Email Subscription: http://tinyurl.com/OneEmailDaily If you are interested in becoming a channel sponsor for $1/day for 30 days send a Youtube Private Message letting me know.
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Somalia: caught in the war of Mogadishu
REPORTERS: The Somali capital, Mogadishu, has turned into a battle zone between Islamist insurgents and Somali troops, with African Union and AMISOM peacekeeping troops caught in the crossfire. FRANCE 24 followed one of their convoys.
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Somalia: Famine is Nearly Catastrophic
Islamist rebels in Somalia who control parts of the country where famine was stated this week have said aid agencies they expelled from those areas last year are not allowed to return. Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants imposed a ban on food aid in 2010, which the U.N. and Washington say has worsened the condition. The U.N. World Food Programme was among several groups forced out of rebel areas which are now preparing to return, describing the situation in Somalia as increasingly desperate, in a news conference in Geneva on July 22nd. WFP spokesperson Emilia Casella said,"The situation is extremely dire. We're convinced that it is a lifesaving mission that we are obligated to undertake and therefore as soon as we receive the assurances that we will have security and the proper conditions of access we will be going back, and in fact we're already making those plans together with our partners." Al Shabaab had promised to allow relief agencies with "no hidden agendas" greater access to their lands. The UN told reporters said it had a "moral imperative" to get back into the areas from which it had been forced out. Melissa Fleming, UN commission for refugees chief spokesperson said, "We are really trying our best to work inside Somalia so that people don't have to make this devastating, life threatening trek into Kenya and Ethiopia. If we could aid the victims on the spot, prevent them from leaving their villages, we would not be in this terrible situation we are seeing now. "Many of the refugees are arriving in very bad shape, we're saying its close to catastrophic, our nutrition experts are calling it a dire nutritional emergency." Al Shabaab accused the United Nations on July 21 in exaggerating the severity of the situation in the southern side of the country for political purposes. Speakers: Melissa Fleming, UN commission for refugees chief spokesperson Emilia Casella, WFP spokesperson By: Ikram Al Yacoub Al Arabiya With Agencies
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Fighters vow to continue Somalia battle - 14 July 09
Gun battles in Somalia are continuing as government forces and opposition fighters vow to press their fight for control of the country. The exact details of who is holding the upper hand in battle is still murky, but the human toll from the conflict is crystal clear. Zeina Awad reports.
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