Friday 22 July 2011

Somali militants vow to block aid workers (AP)

Abdihakin Omar 3, a malnourished child from southern Somalia, lies on the floor in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Somalia's 20-year-old civil war is partly to blame for turning the drought in the Horn of Africa into a famine. Analysts warned that aid agencies could be airlifting emergency supplies to the failed state 20 years from now unless the U.N.-backed government improves. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)AP - Al-Qaida-linked militants in Somalia vowed to keep most international aid workers away despite a worsening famine, as the U.N. warned Friday that 800,000 children could die in the region from starvation.



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