http://www.newsvine.com/world-food-programNewsvine - world-food-programen-usCopyright 2013Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:50:36 +0000Thu, 23 May 2013 07:07:10 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17203849-syrian-army-eroded-by-defections-battle-deathshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17203849-syrian-army-eroded-by-defections-battle-deathssyriaunited-nationsworld-food-programworld-newsunited-nations'bashar-assadmlseveral-united-nationsWed, 6 Mar 2013 07:06:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Monday, March 4, 2013 image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a statue of former Syrian President Hafez Assad falls in a central square in Raqqa, Syria. Syrian rebels pushed government troops from most of the northern city of Raqqa Monday, setting off celebrations in a central square where scores of cheering protesters tore down a bronze statue of President Bashar Assad's late father and predecessor, activists said. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)</p><p>FILE - Newly arrived Syrian refugees wait for their turn to receive a mattress, blankets and other supplies, and to be assigned to tents, at the Zaatari Syrian refugees camp in Mafraq, near the Syrian border with Jordan, in this Jan. 28, 2013 file photo. In a statement released Wednesday in Geneva, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, says the number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now reached the one million mark. Their presence is severely straining the resources of host countries and the entire international donor community. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)</p><p>A Syrian family who fled their home from Aleppo register, at the UNHCR center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday, March. 6, 2013. The number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now topped the one million mark, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Wednesday warning that Syria is heading towards a "full-scale disaster." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>Syrian families wait their turn to register at the UNHCR center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday, March. 6, 2013. The number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now topped the one million mark, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Wednesday warning that Syria is heading towards a "full-scale disaster." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>Syrian refugee Bushra, 19, who fled her house from Homs 17 days ago, holds her son Omar, 2, as she registers at the UNHCR center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday, March. 6, 2013. The number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now topped the one million mark, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Wednesday warning that Syria is heading towards a "full-scale disaster." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>Syrian families wait their turn to register at the UNHCR center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday, March. 6, 2013. The number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now topped the one million mark, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Wednesday warning that Syria is heading towards a "full-scale disaster." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army Gen. Salim Idris addresses the media after he discussed the situation in Syria with the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt, not seen, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)</p><p>Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army Gen. Salim Idris addresses the media after he discussed the situation in Syria with the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt, right, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)</p><p>FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 file photo, newly-arrived Syrian refugees having crossed the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria through the Al Yarmouk River valley walk towards Ramtha, Jordan. Jordan is home to than 425,000 registered refugees, and the numbers are growing daily by 2,000 to 3,000. Most of the Syrians are staying in the Zaatari refugee camp, and authorities are building another camp to manage the massive surge.(AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)</p><p>This citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels standing in the rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Homs, Syria, Wednesday, March. 6, 2013. The chief of staff of the rebel army pleaded with the international community Wednesday to supply arms and ammunition so the opposition can resist attacks by the regime of Syria's President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Lens Young Homsi)</p><p>FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 file photo, Syrian refugees,who fled their home in Idlib due to a government airstrike load their belongings into a vehicle just after crossing the border from Syria to Turkey, in Cilvegozu, Turkey. Turkey is home to nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees in camps, with another 100,000 living on their own. The Turkish government has been funding and managing the refugees, whom they have sheltered in 17 camps that have schools, medical centers and other social facilities. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 file photo, Syrian refugees, who fled their home in Idlib due to a government airstrike, look out of a vehicle's window just after crossing the border from Syria to Turkey, in Cilvegozu, Turkey. Turkey is home to nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees in camps, with another 100,000 living on their own. The Turkish government has been funding and managing the refugees, whom they have sheltered in 17 camps that have schools, medical centers and other social facilities. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)</p><p>Syrian refugee Bushra, 19, registers at the UNHCR center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday, March. 6, 2013. The number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now topped the one million mark, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Wednesday warning that Syria is heading towards a "full-scale disaster." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 file photo, newly-arrived Syrian refugee families receive food from the Jordanian military after they crossed the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria, through the Al Yarmouk River valley, into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha , Jordan. Jordan is home to than 425,000 registered refugees, and the numbers are growing daily by 2,000 to 3,000. Most of the Syrians are staying in the Zaatari refugee camp, and authorities are building another camp to manage the massive surge. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)</p><p>In this Wednesday, March 6, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Free Syrian Army fighter stands next to United Nations Disengagement Observer vehicle near Golan Heights in the southern province of Daraa, Syria. Clashes between Syrian troops and rebel fighters flared on Thursday near an area where armed fighters linked to the opposition abducted 21 U.N. peacekeepers a day earlier. In an online video, a man identified as a spokesman for the Martyrs of Yarmouk Brigades said his group will hold the peacekeepers until Assad’s forces withdraw from Jamlah. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)</p><p>In this Wednesday, March 6, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters stand next to United Nations Disengagement Observer vehicles near Golan Heights in the southern province of Daraa, Syria. Clashes between Syrian troops and rebel fighters flared on Thursday near an area where armed fighters linked to the opposition abducted 21 U.N. peacekeepers a day earlier. In an online video, a man identified as a spokesman for the Martyrs of Yarmouk Brigades said his group will hold the peacekeepers until Assad’s forces withdraw from Jamlah. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)</p><p>Smoke rises following an explosion in the Syrian village of Jamlah in the southern province of Daraa, Syria, seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights ,Thursday, March 7, 2013. Clashes between Syrian troops and rebel fighters flared on Thursday near an area where armed fighters linked to the opposition abducted 21 U.N. peacekeepers a day earlier. The peacekeepers are part of a force that monitors a cease-fire between Israeli and Syrian troops in the Golan Heights. Israel captured part of the territory in the 1967 Mideast war, and while the area has been peaceful for decades, Israeli officials have grown increasingly jittery as the Syrian civil war moves closer to its borders. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>Smoke rises following an explosion in the Syrian village of Jamlah in the southern province of Daraa, Syria, as seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights ,Thursday, March 7, 2013. Clashes between Syrian troops and rebel fighters flared on Thursday near an area where armed fighters linked to the opposition abducted 21 U.N. peacekeepers a day earlier. The peacekeepers are part of a force that monitors a cease-fire between Israeli and Syrian troops in the Golan Heights. Israel captured part of the territory in the 1967 Mideast war, and while the area has been peaceful for decades, Israeli officials have grown increasingly jittery as the Syrian civil war moves closer to its borders. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>A Syrian Army tank moves towards the Syrian village of Jamlah in the southern province of Daraa, Syria, as seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights ,Thursday, March 7, 2013. Clashes between Syrian troops and rebel fighters flared on Thursday near an area where armed fighters linked to the opposition abducted 21 U.N. peacekeepers a day earlier. The peacekeepers are part of a force that monitors a cease-fire between Israeli and Syrian troops in the Golan Heights. Israel captured part of the territory in the 1967 Mideast war, and while the area has been peaceful for decades, Israeli officials have grown increasingly jittery as the Syrian civil war moves closer to its borders. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sits on a table before a press conference by Buthaina Shaaban, special envoy of the President, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 8, 2013. Shaaban Friday criticized Britain's decision to provide non-lethal military equipment to Syrian rebels, saying it will hinder efforts for peace in the strife-torn country. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)</p><p>A U.N. peacekeeper from the Philippines UNDOF force crosses to Syria at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said Friday. The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in an area where the U.N. force had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>A U.N. peacekeeper from the UNDOF force looks through binoculars as he guards on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said Friday. The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in an area where the U.N. force had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>A U.N. peacekeeper from India waves while driving a U.N Armored vehicle as it leaves from the UNDOF Ziouani camp to cross to Syria at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said Friday. The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in an area where the U.N. force had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>A U.N. peacekeeper from the UNDOF force stands guard on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said Friday. The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in an area where the U.N. force had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>Syrian refugees try to put out a fire in the Zaatari refugee camp in northeast Jordan, Friday, March 8, 2013. The U.N. refugee agency says a fire broke out in Jordan's Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees but reported no major injuries or deaths in the blaze that burned at least 20 or more tents, including some hosting small shops. (AP Photo: Raad Adayleh) </p><p>A horse runs in a pasture next to an old Israeli tank in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on the border with Syria, Friday, March 8, 2013. Israel captured the Golan from Syria in 1967 Mideast war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)</p><p>This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters carrying a giant Syrian revolution flag, during a demonstration, in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, March 8, 2013. Syrian President Bashar Assad "is not bluffing" about his determination to stay in power, Russia's foreign minister said in comments broadcast Friday, as negotiations to free 21 U.N. peacekeepers held by Syrian rebels dragged into a third day. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)</p><p>A U.N. peacekeeper from the Philippines UNDOF force works at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Saturday, March, 9, 2013. Syrian rebels freed 21 U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday after holding them hostage for four days, ending a sudden entanglement with the world body that earned fighters trying to oust President Bashar Assad a flood of negative publicity. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)</p><p>A U.N. peacekeeper from the UNDOF force walks up to a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Saturday, March, 9, 2013. Syrian rebels freed 21 U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday after holding them hostage for four days, ending a sudden entanglement with the world body that earned fighters trying to oust President Bashar Assad a flood of negative publicity. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)</p><p>Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), fill out documents upon arrival Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Manila, Philippines, from civil war-torn Syria. On Wednesday, a convoy of 21 peacekeepers were seized near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in an area where the U.N. force had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades, with UN and Philippine Foreign Affairs officials are negotiating for their safe release. The Syrian rebels want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)</p><p>A Turkish security guard stands as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, chief Antonio Guterres, left, and Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pose for cameras before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Guterres will wisit Syrian refugee camps along the border between Turkey and Syria on Sunday.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)</p><p>Some of the 21 Filipino United Nations (UN) peacekeepers at the press conference upon their arrival at Jordanian Army Headquarters in Amman Jordan Saturday March, 9, 2012. The peacekeepers had been held captive by Syrian rebels. The captive troops, all Filipinos, are from a peacekeeping mission that had monitored a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. Their abduction Wednesday illustrated the sudden vulnerability of the U.N. mission amid spillover from Syria's civil war. It sent a worrisome signal to Israel, which fears lawlessness along the shared frontier if Syrian President Bashar Assad is ousted. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)</p><p>Jordanian Foreign minister Nasser Judeh, left, and Jordanian chief of Staff, Lt. General Mishal Al Zaben, 2nd left, with some of the 21 Filipino United Nations (UN) peacekeepers at the press conference upon their arrival at Jordanian Army Headquarters in Amman Jordan Saturday March, 9, 2012. The peacekeepers had been held captive by Syrian rebels. The captive troops, all Filipinos, are from a peacekeeping mission that had monitored a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. Their abduction Wednesday illustrated the sudden vulnerability of the U.N. mission amid spillover from Syria's civil war. It sent a worrisome signal to Israel, which fears lawlessness along the shared frontier if Syrian President Bashar Assad is ousted. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)</p><p>FILE - In this Tuesday, March. 5, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man sitting on a fallen statue of former Syrian President Hafez Assad in a central square in Raqqa, Syria. Since Raqqa fell under rebel control last week, opposition fighters have posted guards at government buildings to prevent looting, brought down the price of bread and opened a telephone hotline for residents to report security problems. Raqqa is shaping up as a test case for how rebels will administer their areas. Arabic on the fallen statue reads, "tomorrow will be better." (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC, File)</p><p>FILE - In this file image taken from video on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army soldiers seize the main square in the northern town of Raqqa, Syria. Since Raqqa fell under rebel control last week, opposition fighters have posted guards at government buildings to prevent looting, brought down the price of bread and opened a telephone hotline for residents to report security problems. Raqqa is shaping up as a test case for how rebels will administer their areas. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Monday, March 4, 2013 file image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a statue of former Syrian President Hafez Assad is pulled down in a central square in Raqqa, Syria. Since Raqqa fell under rebel control last week, opposition fighters have posted guards at government buildings to prevent looting, brought down the price of bread and opened a telephone hotline for residents to report security problems. Raqqa is shaping up as a test case for how rebels will administer their areas. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Monday, March 4, 2013 file image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians attack a fallen statue of former Syrian President Hafez Assad in a central square in Raqqa, Syria. Since Raqqa fell under rebel control last week, opposition fighters have posted guards at government buildings to prevent looting, brought down the price of bread and opened a telephone hotline for residents to report security problems. Raqqa is shaping up as a test case for how rebels will administer their areas. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army soldiers sit at a check point in Ain al-Arous town in Raqqa, Syria. Since Raqqa fell under rebel control last week, opposition fighters have posted guards at government buildings to prevent looting, brought down the price of bread and opened a telephone hotline for residents to report security problems. Raqqa is shaping up as a test case for how rebels will administer their areas. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Monday, March. 4, 2013 file Citizen journalism image provided by Coordination Committee in Kafr Susa which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows people tearing down a huge poster of President Bashar Assad and hitting it with their shoes, in Raqqa, Syria. Since Raqqa fell under rebel control last week, opposition fighters have posted guards at government buildings to prevent looting, brought down the price of bread and opened a telephone hotline for residents to report security problems. Raqqa is shaping up as a test case for how rebels will administer their areas. (AP Photo/Coordination Committee In Kafr Susa, File)</p><p>This citizen journalism image taken on, Sunday, March. 10, 2013 and provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians standing next to dead bodies that have been pulled from the river near Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood, Syria. Activists said the dead bodies of at least 20 men were pulled from a river that runs between regime- and rebel-controlled parts of the northern city. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)</p><p>In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings due heavy shelling in Homs, Syria, on Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings due heavy shelling in Homs, Syria, on Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings due heavy shelling in Homs, Syria, on Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings due heavy shelling in Homs, Syria, on Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>FILE - In this May 12, 2012 file photo, Syrian army soldiers hold the Syrian revolution flags as they stand in front their armored personnel carrier shortly after they defected and joined the rebels at Khaldiyeh neighborhood, in Homs province, central Syria. A top Syrian cleric's appeal for men to join the army raises the question of whether President Bashar Assad is running out of soldiers and prompts a pro-government newspaper to declare the military can battle insurgents for years to come. The civil war has eroded one of the Arab world's biggest armies, and pro-Assad militiamen are increasingly filling in for troops. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan, File)</p><p>In this March 10, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian grand mufti Ahmad Hassoun, speaks during an interview with Syrian journalists, in Damascus, Syria. Hassoun's appeal for men to join the army raises the question of whether President Bashar Assad is running out of soldiers and prompts a pro-government newspaper to declare the military can battle insurgents for years to come. The civil war has eroded one of the Arab world's biggest armies, and pro-Assad militiamen are increasingly filling in for troops. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2011 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian army soldiers carry the coffins of their comrades who were killed in recent violence in the country, during their funeral procession at the military hospital in Homs, Syria. A top Syrian cleric's appeal for men to join the army raises the question of whether President Bashar Assad is running out of soldiers and prompts a pro-government newspaper to declare the military can battle insurgents for years to come. The civil war has eroded one of the Arab world's biggest armies, and pro-Assad militiamen are increasingly filling in for troops. ( (AP Photo/SANA, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2012 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, prays next to the Syrian grand mufti Ahmad Hassoun, right, during a ceremony marking the birth of Islam's Prophet Mohammad, at al-Rawda mosque, in Damascus, Syria. Hassoun's appeal for men to join the army raises the question of whether President Bashar Assad is running out of soldiers and prompts a pro-government newspaper to declare the military can battle insurgents for years to come. The civil war has eroded one of the Arab world's biggest armies, and pro-Assad militiamen are increasingly filling in for troops. (AP Photo/SANA, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16409569-un-says-it-cant-feed-1-million-hungry-syrianshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16409569-un-says-it-cant-feed-1-million-hungry-syrianseuunsyriaworld-food-programworld-newsTue, 8 Jan 2013 10:15:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>People sell fuel in the streets of Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. The revolt against President Bashar Assad that started in March 2011 began with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations recent estimate. (AP Photo/ Andoni Lubaki)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11483808-un-warns-about-south-sudan-hunger-after-fightinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11483808-un-warns-about-south-sudan-hunger-after-fightinghungersudanworld-food-programworld-newsafsouth-sudanTue, 1 May 2012 11:02:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10591836-un-gaza-exports-long-way-off-despite-trialhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10591836-un-gaza-exports-long-way-off-despite-trialpalestiniansgazawest-bankworld-food-programexportsworld-newsmlgaza-exportsTue, 6 Mar 2012 15:35:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/09/10361733-50-cent-visits-famine-victims-in-somalia-kenyahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/09/10361733-50-cent-visits-famine-victims-in-somalia-kenyaentertainmentsomaliaworld-food-program50-centworld-newscentafThu, 9 Feb 2012 14:25:37 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo released by the World Food Programme (WFP), rapper Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, center, visits children in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The rap star teamed up with WFP to fly to Dolo, Somalia on Wednesday and Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday and has committed to provide 1 billion meals for the hungry and donate to WFP 10 cents from every sale of a new energy drink that he is promoting, according to WFP. (AP Photo/World Food Programme, Rose Ogola)</p><p>In this photo released by the World Food Programme (WFP), rapper Curtis 50 CentJackson, center, visits children in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The rap star teamed up with WFP to fly to Dolo, Somalia on Wednesday and Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday and has committed to provide 1 billion meals for the hungry and donate to WFP 10 cents from every sale of a new energy drink that he is promoting, according to WFP. (AP Photo/World Food Programme, Rose Ogola)</p><p>In this photo released by the World Food Programme (WFP), rapper Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, center, visits children in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The rap star teamed up with WFP to fly to Dolo, Somalia on Wednesday and Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday and has committed to provide 1 billion meals for the hungry and donate to WFP 10 cents from every sale of a new energy drink that he is promoting, according to WFP. (AP Photo/World Food Programme, Rose Ogola)</p><p>In this photo released by the World Food Programme (WFP), rapper Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, center, visits children in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The rap star teamed up with WFP to fly to Dolo, Somalia on Wednesday and Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday and has committed to provide 1 billion meals for the hungry and donate to WFP 10 cents from every sale of a new energy drink that he is promoting, according to WFP. (AP Photo/World Food Programme, Rose Ogola)</p><p>In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 and released Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 by the World Food Programme (WFP), rapper Curtis 50 Cent Jackson talks with primary school children in the town of Dolo, Somalia. The rap star teamed up with WFP to fly to Dolo, Somalia on Wednesday where tens of thousands of women and children have fled over the last year to escape a devastating famine, and has committed to provide 1 billion meals for the hungry and donate to WFP 10 cents from every sale of a new energy drink that he is promoting, according to WFP. (AP Photo/World Food Programme, Challiss McDonough)</p><p>In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 and released Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 by the World Food Programme (WFP), rapper Curtis 50 CentJackson, left, visits a nutrition center in the town of Dolo, Somalia, accompanied by WFP Deputy Country Director Salman Omer, right. The rap star teamed up with WFP to fly to Dolo, Somalia on Wednesday where tens of thousands of women and children have fled over the last year to escape a devastating famine, and has committed to provide 1 billion meals for the hungry and donate to WFP 10 cents from every sale of a new energy drink that he is promoting, according to WFP. (AP Photo/World Food Programme, Challiss McDonough)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10270769-wfp-up-to-500000-may-need-food-aid-in-sudanhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10270769-wfp-up-to-500000-may-need-food-aid-in-sudanhungersudanworld-food-programworld-newsafsouth-sudanMon, 30 Jan 2012 15:34:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/17/10175795-us-ambassador-to-head-un-food-agencyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/17/10175795-us-ambassador-to-head-un-food-agencyunfoodagencyappointmentworld-food-programworld-newsTue, 17 Jan 2012 19:06:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7928107-un-chief-seeks-more-money-to-ease-faminehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7928107-un-chief-seeks-more-money-to-ease-famineunafricaworld-bankworld-food-programeast-africaworld-newsfaminesecretary-general-ban-ki-moonSat, 24 Sep 2011 00:11:47 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/31/7540207-correction-east-africa-famine-storyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/31/7540207-correction-east-africa-famine-storycorrectiveafricaeastassociated-pressworld-food-programworld-newsfamineafWed, 31 Aug 2011 15:19:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/16/7387367-un-aid-will-still-go-to-somalia-despite-fraudhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/16/7387367-un-aid-will-still-go-to-somalia-despite-fraudeuunafricaeastworld-food-programworld-newsfamineTue, 16 Aug 2011 15:48:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Somali children from southern Somalia, receive cooked food in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali child from southern Somali receives a banana from a banana vendor outside a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis children from southern Somalia, lineup to receive cooked food t in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali child from southern Somalia sits in a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.(AP Photo/Ali Bashi)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/15/7378356-un-food-agency-on-stolen-somali-aid-allegationshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/15/7378356-un-food-agency-on-stolen-somali-aid-allegationsafricaeastworld-food-programworld-newsfaminewfpafMon, 15 Aug 2011 15:44:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7346603-rising-hunger-in-south-ethiopia-despite-lush-greenhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7346603-rising-hunger-in-south-ethiopia-despite-lush-greenafricaeastassociated-pressworld-food-programeast-africaworld-newsfamineafafrica-faminewardo-mohamud-yusuffirst-aden-ali-mohamedThu, 11 Aug 2011 14:53:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this picture taken Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011, Salat, 5, runs looking for her parents near the IFO camp, north of Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border. She was later picked up by her uncle who said he know where her parents were and would reunite them. Some parents fleeing Somalia's devastating famine on foot with as many as seven children in tow have had to make unimaginably cruel choices: Which children have the best chance at survival when there is not enough water for them all? Who will be left behind? It's a gut-wrenching decision that will haunt parents for years. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Faqid Nur Elmi's poses outside her hut in Dagahaley refugee camp north of Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. When her 3-year-old son succumbed to hunger and thirst while fleeing Somalia's famine, she could only surround his body with small dried branches to serve as his grave. She couldn't stop to mourn &#8212; there were five other children to think about. The United Nations warned Wednesday that the famine in East Africa hasn't peaked and hundreds of thousands of people face imminent starvation and death without a massive global response.About 1,300 new refugees arrive each day in Dadaab camps in northeastern Kenya. The new influx are running away from a famine that is getting worse in southern Somalia as an al-Qaida-linked militants in the country barred some major aid groups from operating in its areas of control, worsening the situation of the most vulnerable people. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali boys walk in the Dagahaley refugee camp north of Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations warned Wednesday that the famine in East Africa hasn't peaked and hundreds of thousands of people face imminent starvation and death without a massive global response. About 1,300 new refugees arrive each day in Dadaab camps in northeastern Kenya. The new influx are running away from a famine that is getting worse in southern Somalia as an al-Qaida-linked militants in the country barred some major aid groups from operating in its areas of control, worsening the situation of the most vulnerable people. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali girl from southern Somalia stands outside a makeshift shelter in refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis from southern Somalia carrying their belongings make their way to the refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis from southern Somalia carrying their belongings make their way to the refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali man from southern Somalia cuts tree branches to construct a makeshift shelter in refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis from southern Somalia carrying sapling branches to construct makeshift shelters as they make their way to the refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali from southern Somalia constructs a makeshift shelter from tree branches in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis from southern Somalia carrying their belongings make their way to the refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia,Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis from southern Somalia construct makeshift shelters in refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>In this photo of Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, three-year-old Ibrahim Abukar Abdi is fed through a nasal tube at Somalia's Banadir hospital in Mogadishu. Doctors say he is suffering from severe malnutrition and measles. His mother says there is no aid reaching the area she lives, 50 kilometers from the Somali capital of Mogadishu. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Katharine Houreld)</p><p>This photo of Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, shows Ali Abukar who weighs just over two kilos, less than when he was born according to doctors at Mogadishu's Banadir hospital in Somalia. His mother Halima Jeele said last week that there was no aid coming to the rebel-held area she had fled from. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought.(AP Photo/Katharine Houreld)</p><p>In this photo of Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, three-year-old Ibrahim Abukar Abdi is fed using a nasal tube at Somalia's Banadir hospital. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Katharine Houreld) </p><p>In this photo of Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, a malnourished Somali child is weighed during an aid distribution in Mogadishu, Somalia . The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Katharine Houreld) </p><p>Somali pregnant woman, who is suffering from diarrhea, is lying on old shattered mattress in IDPs Camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. World Health Organization officials said Friday that famine-hit Somalia faces a cholera epidemic as dirty water and poor sanitation are leading to an increase in outbreaks of the disease. (AP Photo)</p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somali holds her malnourished child in a deserted building in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug.13, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somali holds her malnourished child in a deserted building in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug.13, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Relatives of Mohamed Ibrahin Issak from southern Somalia, carry the body of Isaak's 2 year-old son for burial who died in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday Aug. 13, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Mohamed Ibrahin Issak from southern Somalia, right sitting, watches as relatives lower the body of his 2-year-old boy son into a grave after the child died in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug. 13 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Mohamed Ibrahin Issak from southern Somalia, right sitting, and relatives lower the body of his 2-year-old boy son into a grave after the child died in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug. 13 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Valerie Amos, center in white coat, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator talks to a Somali mother from southern Somalia at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, Aug, 13, 2011, after she arrived in the capital Saturday to see the scale of the famine in Somali. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A malnourished boy from southern Somalia stands in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis from southern Somalia are seen in a deserted building in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug.13, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>In this photograph taken Sunday Aug. 7, 2011, Aden Ali Mohamed poses with his two children 4-year-old Ibrahim and 2 and a half-year-old Sharmarke in Dagahaley refugee camp north of Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border. Mohamed's 25-year-old wife died just days after giving birth to twins. Then 18 days later, his newborn son succumbed to malnutrition. His baby girl also did not survive, leaving the Somali widower to now raise his surviving children alone in the refugee camp. Mohamed and his 9-month pregnant wife were among the tens of thousands of Somalis who have fled starvation amid the country's worst famine in 60 years. More than 12 million people in the Horn of Africa region need food aid, according to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this photo of Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 laborers unload a consignment of food aid at the market in Mogadishu, Somalia. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 a truck delivers stolen food aid to a market at the former water agency in the Somali capital Mogadishu. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets.. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 sacks of World Food Program, WFP, food is seen on a truck before being dropped off for storage in warehouses in the former Somali water agency that runs the biggest sell off of food aid in Mogadishu. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 a Somali woman at the main camp for displaced families in the capital Mogadishu, hides her face after taking food aid. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets.(AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, sacks of World Food Program, WFP, food are seen for sale at a stall in a market in Mogadishu, Somalia. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, Somali traders sell World Food Program, WFP, food at a market in Mogadishu, Somalia. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 a Somali policeman fraudulently taking food aid intended for hungry families in Somalia. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 a Somali woman at the main camp for displaced families in the capital attempts to hide her face after taking sacks food aid. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets.(AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 a Somali woman at the main camp for displaced families in the capital Mogadishu, hides her face after taking sacks food aid. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets.(AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 Somalis stand next to stolen sacks of food aid delivered by a truck along a street in the capital of Mogadishu Somalia. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 laborers unload sacks of stolen food aid at a market at the former water agency in the Somali capital. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo of Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 a truck delivers stolen food aid to a market at the former water agency in the Somali capital Mogadishu. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets. (AP Photo)</p><p>A woman from southern Somalia holds her malnourished child in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A woman from southern Somalia holds her malnourished child in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A woman from southern Somalia holds her malnourished child in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia lies in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it. (AP Photo)</p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia sits outside a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it. (AP Photo/Ali Bashi)</p><p>Somalis from southern Somalia wait with their malnourished children in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug 15, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country.(AP Photo) </p><p>In this photo of Saturday, Aug.13, 2011 Somali women selling stolen food aid hide their faces from a photographer at a market in Mogadishu on Saturday. An Associated Press investigation in Somalia has found that thousands of sacks food aid are being stolen and sold on the black market, undermining the international response to the country's crippling famine. Sacks of food stamped with emblems from the World Food Program, the U.S. government aid arm USAID and the Japanese government are for sale in Mogadishu markets.(AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo made Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, showing a boy in his father's cornfield who subsists on a diet of grain, but reliance on one food crop leaves the family vulnerable to crop failure and malnourishment, in Shebedino in the south of Ethiopia. The seemingly fertile landscape of the southern regions of Ethiopia paints a deceptive picture of growth and abundance, with forests and cornfields, but there is an increasing number of malnourished children. The horn of Africa is suffering from a drought which has brought famine to the region and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to migrate to population centres to seek aid.(AP Photo/ Luc van Kemenade )</p><p>In this photo made Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, showing farmers with harvested bananas. Farmers in the south of Ethiopia need most of their crops to feed their families, leaving hardly anything to be sold at market. The seemingly fertile landscape of the southern regions of Ethiopia paints a deceptive picture of growth and abundance, with forests and cornfields, but there is an increasing number of malnourished children. The horn of Africa is suffering from a drought which has brought famine to the region and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to migrate to population centres to seek aid.(AP Photo/ Luc van Kemenade)</p><p>Relatives of Hassan Abdulkadir Adan,3rd left rear, from southern Somalia help to lower the body of his 7-year-old son into a grave in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Hassan Abdulkadir Adan, left, and Moktar Hassan Garad, right, from southern Somalia carry their dead 7 and 5 year-old boys from a local hospital in Mogadishu, for burial Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>In this photo of Saturday, Aug. 6, 2010, a woman at the therapeutic feeding center in Shebedino in the south of Ethiopia with her malnourished child. The seemingly fertile landscape of the southern regions of Ethiopia paints a deceptive picture. Despite dense forests and cornfields, an increasing number of malnourished children pour into therapeutic feeding centers. The numbers of hungry are deceptive too: The government says 252,000 need food aid, but the U.N. says the government is low-balling the number of those in need.(AP Photo/ Luc van Kemenade )</p><p>Aid from charities Oxfam and UNICEF is loaded at Stansted Airport, England before being flown to Ethiopia Friday Aug. 12, 2011. The plane loaded with emergency supplies and equipment is being sent to aid the victims of the food crisis in East Africa. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/09/7316462-un-says-aid-to-somalia-wont-decrease-due-to-fraudhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/09/7316462-un-says-aid-to-somalia-wont-decrease-due-to-fraudeuunhealthafricaeastunited-nationsworld-health-organizationworld-food-programeast-africaworld-newsfamineTue, 9 Aug 2011 11:48:01 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A pregnant Somali woman sits by a tree trunk at UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali child pulls a water container near UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali refugee checks his cellular telephone at UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this picture taken Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011, Salat, 5, runs looking for her parents near the IFO camp, north of Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border. She was later picked up by her uncle who said he know where her parents were and would reunite them. Some parents fleeing Somalia's devastating famine on foot with as many as seven children in tow have had to make unimaginably cruel choices: Which children have the best chance at survival when there is not enough water for them all? Who will be left behind? It's a gut-wrenching decision that will haunt parents for years. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali boys walk in the Dagahaley refugee camp north of Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations warned Wednesday that the famine in East Africa hasn't peaked and hundreds of thousands of people face imminent starvation and death without a massive global response. About 1,300 new refugees arrive each day in Dadaab camps in northeastern Kenya. The new influx are running away from a famine that is getting worse in southern Somalia as an al-Qaida-linked militants in the country barred some major aid groups from operating in its areas of control, worsening the situation of the most vulnerable people. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali girl from southern Somalia stands outside a makeshift shelter in refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The United Nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in Somalia in recent months, and over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/04/7248859-mothers-exchange-blows-as-kenya-drought-deepenshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/04/7248859-mothers-exchange-blows-as-kenya-drought-deepensafricaeastworld-food-programeast-africaworld-newsfaminejoe-bidenafkaltum-mohamedminhaj-gedi-farahThu, 4 Aug 2011 10:47:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A malnourished Somalia refugee child is seen at a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in Dadaab, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Aug 3, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating, (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A malnourished child cries at a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in Dadaab, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A child from southern Somalia takes food at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Aug 3, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating, (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Graphic provides an update of relief funding for East Africa</p><p>Donkeys try to get water from a container in front of a home at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A child stands in front of her home at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>People at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A old woman sits in front of her home at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Women stand in line to get water in a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A woman carries three water containers on her back to her home at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Woman stand in line to get water in a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A woman carries water on her back to her home at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A Somali child with her brother and sister from southern Somalia sit inside their makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Somali men carrying their belonging from southern Somalia, arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A Somali child from southern Somalia sits in open ground at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali women with her child from southern Somalia walk after receiving food distributed by the Muslim Aid Organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali family from southern Somalia, arrive in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis from southern Somalia receive food distributed by the Muslim Aid Organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somali children from southern Somalia, outside their makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A child runs, left, at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011. Dadaab, a camp designed for 90,000 people now houses around 440,000 refugees. Almost all are from war-ravaged Somalia. Some have been here for more than 20 years, when the country first collapsed into anarchy. But now more than 1,000 are arriving daily, fleeing fighting or hunger(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Somalis carry their belongings from southern Somalia as they arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A child from southern Somalia, is treated for malnourishment in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. The United Nations predicts famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somali people carry their belonging from southern Somalia as they arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somali people carry their belongings from southern Somalia as they arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. The United Nations says famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Dahabo Osman, 60 from Somalia, queues for soap and an oil container after registering at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp set outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. The camp, registering over 1,000 newcomers a day, has been set to provide better accommodation, sanitary conditions and security for Somali refugees. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali refugees walk through the eastern Kenyan village of Hagadera near Dadaab, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Displaced Somali children stand in front of a makeshift house in Mogadishu's Badbado camp where a fire fight between Somali government forces and militiamen looting food aid left at least seven people dead Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Somali government troops opened fire Friday on hungry civilians, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A displaced Somali woman carries her belongings on her back as she moves from Mogadishu's Badbado camp which many displaced families are deserting after a fire fight between Somali government forces and militiamen looting food aid left at least seven people dead Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Somali government troops opened fire Friday on hungry civilians, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somali refugees carry firewood outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. Somali government troops opened fire Friday in Mogadishu on hungry civilians, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A newly arrived Somali family carry their supply of aid outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. Somali government troops opened fire Friday in Mogadishu on hungry civilians, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali women walk on the outskirt of UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp set outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. The camp, registering over 1,000 newcomers a day, has been set to provide better accommodation, sanitary conditions and security for Somali refugees. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali children stand outside a mosque at the start of Friday prayers in a refugee camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali family relocates to UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp set outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. The camp, registering over 1,000 newcomers a day, has been set to provide better accommodation, sanitary conditions and security for Somali refugees. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali refugees walk towards UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp set outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. The camp, registering over 1,000 newcomers a day, has been set to provide better accommodation, sanitary conditions and security for Somali refugees. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali man sits in the midst of UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp set outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. The camp, registering over 1,000 newcomers a day, has been set to provide better accomodation, sanitary conditions and securlty for Somali refugees. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP PhotoJerome Delay)</p><p>Dahabo Osman, 60 from Somalia, queues for soap and an oil container after registering at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp set outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Friday Aug. 5, 2011. The camp, registering over 1,000 newcomers a day, has been set to provide better accommodation, sanitary conditions and security for Somali refugees. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A refugee woman from southern Somalia, attends to her child in their makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. The United Nations predicts that famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Minhaj Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child who arrived with a weight of 3.4 kilos Tuesday, July 26, 201 at the International Rescue Committee hospital in the Eastern Kenyan village of Hagadera near Dadaab, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, is photographed in his mother's hands, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Minhaj condition drastically improved since his arrival, his current weight being 3.8 kilos. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Minhaj Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child who arrived with a weight of 3.4 kilos Tuesday, July 26, 201 at the International Rescue Committee hospital in the Eastern Kenyan village of Hagadera near Dadaab, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, is photographed in his mother's hands, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Minhaj condition drastically improved since his arrival, his current weight being 3.8 kilos. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Minhaj Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child who arrived with a weight of 3.4 kilos Tuesday, July 26, 201 at the International Rescue Committee hospital in the Eastern Kenyan village of Hagadera near Dadaab, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, is photographed in his mother's hands, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Minhaj condition drastically improved since his arrival, his current weight being 3.8 kilos. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>CORRECTS DATE-Muhumed Surow grieves following the burial of his 12-month-old daughter 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surowlays at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border,Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>CORRECTS DATE-The shrouded body of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow lays before burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border,Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>CORRECTS DATE-the shrouded body of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow lays before burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>CORRECTS DATE-Somali men finish the grave of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow following her burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border,Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>CORRECTS DATE-The shrouded body of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow lays before burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>CORRECTS DATE -the shrouded body of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow lays before burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Muhumed Surow grieves following the burial of his 12-month-old daughter Liin Muhumed Surowlays at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 km (60 miles) from the Somali border, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>The shrouded body of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow lays before burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 km (60 miles) from the Somali border,Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>The shrouded body of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow lies before burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 km (60 miles) from the Somali border, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali men finish the grave of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow following her burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 km (60 miles) from the Somali border,Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>The shrouded body of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow lays before burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 km (60 miles) from the Somali border, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>The shrouded body of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow lays before burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Liin died of malnutrition 25 days after reaching the camp, her father Mumumed said. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>FILE - Seven month old Minhaj Gedi Farah, in this file photo dated Tuesday July 26, 2011, being treated in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in Dadaab, Kenya. Only 10-days ago, Minhaj Gedi Farah was too weak to cry and his skin crumpled liked thin leather under the pressures of his mother's hands, but now, on Saturday Aug. 6, 2011, doctors say the severely malnourished 7-month-old appears likely to live, and out of danger of joining the more than 29,000 children who have already died in the famine which is sweeping the east African region. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File) EDS NOTE : SEE ALSO PIX FROM SATURDAY AUG. 6, 2011, XJD114, XJD115, XJD116.</p><p>A Somali child sits in the Ifo refugee camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Sunday Aug. 7, 2011. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 years in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali refugees carry their donated rations of food aid in the eastern Kenyan village of Hagadera near Dadaab, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Sunday Aug. 7, 2011. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 years in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali children check a U.S. forces registered transport plane after it landed at Dadaab airport in Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Sunday Aug. 7, 2011. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 years in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali refugee walks with donated clothing at a distribution point in the Ifo camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Sunday Aug. 7, 2011. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 years in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Muslim clerics walk in the dust on the dirt road outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Sunday Aug. 7, 2011. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 years in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this photograph taken during an official White House organized visit, Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, sits with Somali refugees during a photo opportunity at a UNHCR screening center on the outskirts of Ifo camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Monday Aug. 8, 2011. Jill Biden on Monday is visiting the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab, where tens of thousands of Somali famine refugees have arrived in recent weeks. The U.S. says that more than 29,000 Somali children under the age of 5 have died from the famine in the last three months. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this photograph taken during an official White House organized visit, Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, sits with Somali refugees during a photo opportunity at a UNHCR screening center on the outskirts of Ifo camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Monday Aug. 8, 2011. Jill Biden on Monday is visiting the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab, where tens of thousands of Somali famine refugees have arrived in recent weeks. The U.S. says that more than 29,000 Somali children under the age of 5 have died from the famine in the last three months. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali refugees wait to be processed at a UNHCR screening center on the outskirts of Ifo camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Monday Aug. 8, 2011. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this photograph taken during an official White House organized visit, Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden briefs reporters following her visit with Somali refugees at a UNHCR screening center on the outskirts of Ifo camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Monday Aug. 8, 2011. Biden was accompanied by Senator Bill Frist, 2nd-L, USAID Administrator Raj Shah, 3nd-L, Assistant Secretary of State Eric Schwartz, and Special Assistant to the President Gayle Smith. . The U.S. says that more than 29,000 Somali children under the age of 5 have died from the famine in the last three months. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this photograph taken during an official White House organized visit, Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, greets workers at a UNHCR screening center on the outskirts of Ifo camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Monday Aug. 8, 2011. Jill Biden on Monday is visiting the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab, where tens of thousands of Somali famine refugees have arrived in recent weeks. The U.S. says that more than 29,000 Somali children under the age of 5 have died from the famine in the last three months. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this photograph taken during an official White House organized visit, Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, listens to a Somali refugee during a photo opportunity at a UNHCR screening center on the outskirts of Ifo camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Monday Aug. 8, 2011. Jill Biden on Monday is visiting the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab, where tens of thousands of Somali famine refugees have arrived in recent weeks. The U.S. says that more than 29,000 Somali children under the age of 5 have died from the famine in the last three months. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A pregnant Somali woman sits by a tree trunk at UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali child pulls a water container near UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali refugee checks his cellular telephone at UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A UNHCR worker briefs Somali refugees about camp layout at UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A girl from southern Somalia sits outside a makeshift shelter at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011. The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts in the Horn of Africa, a U.N. aid official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A southern Somali woman, with her children cooks food in an open area at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts in the Horn of Africa, a U.N. aid official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali child from southern Somalia stands in the rubble of a destroyed building near a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011. The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts in the Horn of Africa, a U.N. aid official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somalia and her children prepare leafy vegetables to cook at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011. The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts in the Horn of Africa, a U.N. aid official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Women from southern Somalia display vegetables to sell at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011. The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts in the Horn of Africa, a U.N. aid official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>In this photograph taken Sunday Aug. 7, 2011, A Somali refugee whose identity is being withheld to protect her as a rape victim, lays in her hut with her children at the Ifo refugee camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border. speaking to AP, she said she was gang-raped by five men after a group of families traveling together were ambushed. Sexual attacks against famine refugees from Somalis fleeing to Kenya are rising dramatically, but Kenyan police say they don't have enough manpower to stop the attacks. That lack of manpower underscores a larger problem for Kenya: Officials here say they are being overwhelmed by the influx of tens of thousands of Somali refugees, and they're letting U.S., U.N. and other world leaders know about it. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali girls recite verses of the Koran at an outdoor madrasa at the Ifo camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>Somali children join their Koranic studies teacher in reciting verse of the Koran at an outdoor madrasa at the Ifo camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>A Somali refugee leans on his prayer tablet at an outdoor madrasa at the Ifo camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama has approved $105 million for humanitarian efforts in the Horn of Africa to combat worsening drought and famine. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this photo of Monday, Aug.8, 2011 and made available Wednesday, Aug.10, 2011, at the Kakuma Mission Hospital in Turkana region in northern Kenya a woman who identified herself as Chipure points at another woman. The two mothers exchanged blows as they held their wailing infants in their arms after one of the women tried to budge in the long line for children to receive treatment for severe malnutrition. The younger woman head-butted the other to the ground before hospital personnel intervened and separated them. Chipure, a mother of eight children, got a swollen lip from being head-butted. The incident at the Kakuma Mission Hospital illustrates the growing desperation in Kenya, as a famine in neighboring Somalia that has killed tens of thousands draws an international aid effort. (AP Photo/Tom Odula) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/20/7132929-food-supplements-airlifted-into-famine-hit-somaliahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/20/7132929-food-supplements-airlifted-into-famine-hit-somaliared-crosshealthafricaeastworld-food-programeast-africaworld-newsfamineafafrica-faminemihag-gedi-farahseven-month-old-mihag-gedi-farahThu, 21 Jul 2011 00:15:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A Somali woman from southern Somalia holds her malnourished child in Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Abdirisak Mursal, 3, a malnourished child from southern Somalia, get treatment in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Malnourished children from southern Somalia get treatment in the corridor of the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Mark Bowden speaks to journalists in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, July. 20, 2011. The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiraling prices, and a U.N. official said Wednesday, that tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. Some areas in the region have not had such a low rainfall in 60 years, aid group Oxfam said. The U.N. needs $300 million in the next two months to cope with the emergency.(AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)</p><p>An old Somali woman displaced by drought, waits next to rations at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiraling prices. Some areas in the region have not had such a low rainfall in 60 years, aid group Oxfam said. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>Somali women from southern Somalia walk after receiving rations at a displaced camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiraling prices. Some areas in the region have not had such a low rainfall in 60 years, aid group Oxfam said. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>CORRECTS NAME TO RAWLINGS -- African union peacekeepers soldier stand guard during a visit by Jerry Rawlings, AU envoy to Somalia, to displaced peoples camps in southern Mogadishu Somalia Wednesday July 20, 2011. Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiraling prices. Some areas in the region have not had such a low rainfall in 60 years, aid group Oxfam said. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>CORRECTS NAME TO RAWLINGS -- A Somali displaced woman with her baby sits in front of Jerry Rawlings, AU envoy to Somalia, during his visit to displaced people's camps in southern Mogadishu Somalia Wednesday July 20, 2011. Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiraling prices. Some areas in the region have not had such a low rainfall in 60 years, aid group Oxfam said. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>CORRECTS NAME TO RAWLINGS -- Jerry Rawlings, AU envoy to Somalia, gestures as he speaks to displaced people during a visit to camps in southern Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday July 20, 2011. Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiraling prices. Some areas in the region have not had such a low rainfall in 60 years, aid group Oxfam said.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>CORRECTS NAME TO RAWLINGS -- Jerry Rawlings, AU envoy to Somalia, gestures as he speaks to displaced people during a visit to camps in southern Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday July 20, 2011. Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought compounded by war, neglect and spiraling prices. Some areas in the region have not had such a low rainfall in 60 years, aid group Oxfam said.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>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)</p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somalia hold her malnourished child 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) </p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somalia holds her malnourished child in their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somalia gives milk to her malnourished son in their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>Amina Husein, a two-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia awaits treatment in Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu fleeing drought and famine. 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) Farah Abdi Warsameh</p><p>Abdirahman Arale, a two-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia on the bed in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu fleeing drought and famine. 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)</p><p>Abdihakin Omar 3, a malnourished child from southern Somalia sits 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) </p><p>Aid workers from Kuwait Red Crescent offload a food shipment from a plane in Mogadishu Friday, July 22, 2011. This is the first aid shipment from the Arab world to land in Mogadishu, as various aid agencies respond to the declaration of an increasing drought and famine in the Horn of Africa countries, with some thousands of people seeking food and clean water for their survival. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A young girl displaced by drought holds a cup of water for her sick mother in their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. The U.N. says it fears tens of thousands of people already have died in Somalia's famine, which has prompted Somalis to walk for days in hopes of reaching a refugee camp in neighboring Kenya. The global body estimates that more 11 million people in East Africa are affected by the drought, with 3.7 million in Somalia among the worst-hit because of the ongoing civil war in the country. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>Somalis displaced by famine sit in their makeshift shelters in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. The U.N. says it fears tens of thousands of people already have died in Somalia's famine, which has prompted Somalis to walk for days in hopes of reaching a refugee camp in neighboring Kenya. The global body estimates that more 11 million people in East Africa are affected by the drought, with 3.7 million in Somalia among the worst-hit because of the ongoing civil war in the country. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>An Somali woman and her children displaced by famine, wait to receive food aid near their makeshift shelters in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance, and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A Somali malnourished child from southern Somalia is treated in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali malnourished child from southern Somalia is treated in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somali woman from southern Somalia holds her malnourished child in the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu,Friday, July 22, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A malnourished Somali woman and her child from southern Somalia, lay outside the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali malnourished child from southern Somalia in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Malnourished children from southern Somalia get treatment in the corridor of the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Friday, July 22, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in MogadishuThousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance and the number is increasing by the day, due to lack of water and food. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are now affected in drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somalia holds her malnourished child in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali child from southern Somalia is treated in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali woman sits with her two children as they are treated in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is worsening. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A Somali woman tenderly holds her daughter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating.(AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somalia in a makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 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/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A Somali woman sits with her child near their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A Somali woman with her children from southern Somalia stand near their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A Somali family from southern Somalia rest in their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A Somali woman with her children from southern Somalia stand near their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, July 22, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A woman holds her child at a local hospital where children receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A woman and her child receive treatment for malnutrition at a local hospital at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child cries at a local hospital as he and others receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A Somali woman looks away from the pleading of a malnourished child in front of their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Many people who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find aid and many end up in Mogadishu. The drought and ensuing famine which is enveloping the Horn of Africa has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>A woman holds her child at a local hospital where children receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Woman wait in a food queue at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A woman hands out food at a food distribution point in the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child is fed from a tube at a local hospital, as children receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child reacts as he is fed and treated at a local hospital for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A woman sit with her child at a local hospital as she receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child with a skin disorder gets treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child receives treatment for malnutrition at a local hospital in the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child is fed at a local hospital, as children receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child cries in a local hospital as children receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child is fed at a local hospital, as children receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A Somali malnourished child from southern Somalia stands in front of a makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find aid. The drought and ensuing famine which is enveloping the Horn of Africa has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>Somali malnourished child from southern Somalia is cared for at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday July, 23, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis displaced by drought wait to receive food in their makeshift camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>A Somali doctor examines a child displaced by drought in their makeshift camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>Somali refugee from southern Somalia carry sacks after receiving rations at a displaced camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu fleeing drought and famine. 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)</p><p>Somalis displaced by drought wait to receive food in their makeshift camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>A Somali doctor examines a child in their makeshift camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somalia cares for her malnourished child in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Somali malnourished child from southern Somalia sits in an old building Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday July, 23, 2011, Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A Somali woman sits with her malnourished child near their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find aid. The drought and ensuing famine which is enveloping the Horn of Africa has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>A woman covers her face as her food distribution card is visible at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>People wait with bags in a food queue at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A woman holds partially filled aid bags after waiting in a queue for food aid at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find aid. The drought and ensuing famine which is enveloping the Horn of Africa has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A woman sits with her child at a local hospital to receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find aid. The drought and ensuing famine which is enveloping the Horn of Africa has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A woman sits with her child at a local hospital to receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find aid. The drought and ensuing famine which is enveloping the Horn of Africa has left more than two million children at risk of starvation.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified man receives treatment for malnutrition and a skin disorder at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 23, 2011. People who can barely stay on their feet due to hunger walk for days or even weeks through parched wasteland to find a meal and water. Many of them also set out to seek help for their ailing children. The drought in the Horn of Africa and the famine in Somalia has left more than two million children at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Somalis displaced by drought wait to receive food aid in their makeshift camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, the United Nations has said, and the situation is deteriorating. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)</p><p>Women from southern Somalia hold their malnourished children as they await treatment in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia is measured during medical assessment at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia is weighed in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A Somali woman from southern Somalia holds her child in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. A malnourished child from southern Somalia is measured during medical assessment at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Malnourished children from southern Somalia in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A child from southern Somalia rests in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Somalis wait outside a building for transport to go to a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Soldiers from the Somalian transitional government forces patrol the border town of Dhobley, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A soldier from the Somalian transitional government forces sits on top of a pickup truck as he has his hand on his gun during a patrol of the border town of Dhobley, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A soldier from the Somalian transitional government forces patrol the border town of Dhobley, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A soldier from the Somalian transitional government forces holds his gun, with a Somalian flag, left, during a patrol of the border town of Dhobley, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A displaced child is picked up by his mother in the border town of Dhobley, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. The World Food Program can't reach 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia, WFP's director said Saturday, meaning refugee camps in nearby Kenya and Ethiopia are likely to continue seeing thousands of new refugees each week.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Displaced people gather in the shade as Somali transitional government forces drive past in the border town of Dhobley, Somalia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. Some thousands of people are displaced as they search for aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A boy runs in front of his heard of camels on the outskirts of the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Sunday, July 24, 2011. Some thousands of people are displaced as they search for aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia so people are likely to migrate to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child awaits treatment at a field hospital of Doctors Without Borders, MSF, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Monday, July 25, 2011. A U.N. agency is hosting an emergency meeting in Rome on Monday July 25, to mobilize action to fight famine in Somalia, Kenya and other drought-hit nations in East Africa, estimating that more than 11-million people need help in the drought-hit region. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A unidentified child lies in a field hospital of Doctors Without Borders, MSF, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Monday, July 25, 2011. A U.N. agency is hosting an emergency meeting in Rome on Monday July 25, to mobilize action to fight famine in Somalia, Kenya and other drought-hit nations in East Africa, estimating that more than 11-million people need help in the drought-hit region. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Somalis displaced by drought wait to receive food aid in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia. (AP (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>Somalis displaced by drought wait to receive food aid in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia. (AP (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>Somalis displaced by drought wait in their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia. (AP (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>Somalis displaced by drought wait outside their makeshift shelters in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia. (AP (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>Somalis displaced by famine wait to receive rations at a displaced camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor) </p><p>A voluntary worker from Turkey carries a sack of rice as he helps drought affected people at a displaced camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor </p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on a bed at the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on a bed at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A unidentified child is held by its mother as they wait for treatment in a field hospital of Doctors Without Borders, MSF, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Monday, July 25, 2011. A U.N. agency is hosting an emergency meeting in Rome on Monday July 25, to mobilize action to fight famine in Somalia, Kenya and other drought-hit nations in East Africa, estimating that more than 11-million people need help in the drought-hit region. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A man an from southern Somalia carries the body of his dead child from Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Mothers from southern Somalia hold their malnourished children at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid, and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia is washed in a herbal solution by her mother in a makeshift shelter in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on the ground at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia sits ion the ground at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>A malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on a bed at the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Some thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu seeking aid and The World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran said Saturday they can't reach the estimated 2.2 million Somalis in desperate need of aid who are in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) </p><p>Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, is held by his mother in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago, in a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Mihag Gedi Farah a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, lies in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago, in a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>The arm of Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, is held by his motherl in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago, in a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven- month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, is fed by his mother as he lies in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago in a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>The mother of Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven- month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, wipes his mouth as he lies in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago in a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A doctor examines Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven- month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago in a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>The arm of Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, is held by his motherl in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago, in a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A doctor examines Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg, in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago, in a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Map locates the famine area of Somalia.</p><p>Muse Nesir, a 12-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago &#8212; a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." The foray into the famine zone is a desperate attempt to reach at least 175,000 of the 2.2 million Somalis whom aid workers have not yet been able to help. Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Somalis from southern Somalia receive food at a feeding center in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago &#8212; a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." The foray into the famine zone is a desperate attempt to reach at least 175,000 of the 2.2 million Somalis whom aid workers have not yet been able to help. Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>A baby lays behind a mosquito net at a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned from more than two years ago, a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." The foray into the famine zone is a desperate attempt to reach at least 175,000 of the 2.2 million Somalis whom aid workers have not yet been able to help. Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Daud Karama 5-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia lies on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." The foray into the famine zone is a desperate attempt to reach at least 175,000 of the 2.2 million Somalis whom aid workers have not yet been able to help.Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Hibo Mohamud, a 3-year-old malnourished child from southern Somalia is comforted on bed at Banadir hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, after fleeing from southern Somalia. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago &#8212; a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." The foray into the famine zone is a desperate attempt to reach at least 175,000 of the 2.2 million Somalis whom aid workers have not yet been able to help. Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)</p><p>Ahmed Hersi, 4, from southern Somalia is treated for malnourishment at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. More than 11 million people are estimated to need help in East Africa's worst drought in 60 years, in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and South Sudan. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsame)</p><p>Ayanle Abdi, 3, from southern Somalia is treated for malnourishment at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. More than 11 million people are estimated to need help in East Africa's worst drought in 60 years, in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and South Sudan. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsame)</p><p>Farhiya Abdulkadir, 5, from southern Somalia and suffering from malnutrition lies on a bed at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. More than 11 million people are estimated to need help in East Africa's worst drought in 60 years, in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and South Sudan. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsame)</p><p>Farhiya Abdulkadir, 5, from southern Somalia and suffering from malnutrition lies on a bed at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. More than 11 million people are estimated to need help in East Africa's worst drought in 60 years, in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and South Sudan. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsame)</p><p>Somali prime minister Abdiwali Mohamed Ali, right, visiting the largest displaced persons camp in Mogadishu, to assess the scale of drought victims flooding into the capital of Mogadishu Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago &#8212; a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death." (AP Photo)</p><p>Women and children stand at the edge of an impromptu camp of internally displaced people that has sprung up near the airport, Mogadishu, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The camp has very few men because al-Shabab would not let them leave the south-central region the families come from, the women say. Somalia's dire famine poses a new threat to the power that al-Shabab holds over Somalia's population, as tens of thousands flee the militants' area of control for food and other aid. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)</p><p>Women scoop water from barrels provided by the African Union military force at an impromptu camp of internally displaced people that has sprung up near the airport, Mogadishu, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The camp has very few men because al-Shabab would not let them leave the south-central region the families come from, the women say. Somalia's dire famine poses a new threat to the power that al-Shabab holds over Somalia's population, as tens of thousands flee the militants' area of control for food and other aid. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)</p><p>Children lay on beds at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. More than 11 million people are estimated to need help in East Africa's worst drought in 60 years, in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and South Sudan. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsame)</p><p>A woman and her child from southern Somalia are seen at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. More than 11 million people are estimated to need help in East Africa's worst drought in 60 years, in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and South Sudan. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsame)</p><p>A Somalian transitional government force soldier provide security, as the Somalian national flags is seen in the background in the town of Dhobley, Somalia, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. A plane carrying 10 tons of urgently needed nutritional supplements to treat malnourished children has landed in famine-hit Somalia, a U.N. official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>Children drink water from the same place as cattle at town of Liboi, Kenya, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. UNICEF says it is trying to vaccinate more than 300,000 children in Kenya in an emergency program designed to prevent an outbreak of disease as refugees stream into northern Kenya from famine-hit Somalia.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>A child carrying water on his donkey cart in the town of Liboi, Kenya, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. UNICEF says it is trying to vaccinate more than 300,000 children in Kenya in an emergency program designed to prevent an outbreak of disease as refugees stream into northern Kenya from famine-hit Somalia.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p><p>The hand of a sick child is held by it's mother at a local clinic in the town of Liboi, Kenya, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. UNICEF says it is trying to vaccinate more than 300,000 children in Kenya in an emergency program designed to prevent an outbreak of disease as refugees stream into northern Kenya from famine-hit Somalia.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/21/6916162-afghan-police-7-killed-in-attack-on-kabul-hotelhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/21/6916162-afghan-police-7-killed-in-attack-on-kabul-hotelafghanistanworld-food-programdefense-ministrybarack-obamaspecial-forcesworld-newsashamid-karzaiafghan-interior-ministrytwo-natorefugees-internationalas-afghanistansome-afghanafghanistan-nato-trainedWed, 22 Jun 2011 00:54:02 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)</p><p>The lifeless body of a police officer is taken from an ambulance at the hospital in Ghazni, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. A local Afghan government official says insurgents killed six police officers in an attack in central Afghanistan on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)</p><p>The lifeless body of a police officer is carried from an ambulance at the hospital in Ghazni, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. A local Afghan government official says insurgents killed six police officers in an attack in central Afghanistan on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)</p><p>The transfer cases containing the remains of Army Sgt. Edward F. Dixon III of Whiteman, Mo., Army Spc. Scott D. Smith of Indianapolis, Ind., Army Pfc. Gustavo A. Rios Ordonez of Englewood, Ohio and Marine Pfc. Josue Ibarra of Midland, Texas, sit at the end of the loader ramp upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)</p><p>Spc. Gavin Fruge, 22, of Crowley, La., left, watches a rebroadcast of President Barack Obama's speech on proposed troop withdrawal with fellow soldiers at Kandahar Airfield Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Obama's withdrawal plan for Afghanistan marks the beginning of the end of a troop-intensive approach to countering a Taliban insurgency that until recent months had fought the U.S. and its NATO allies to a standstill. (AP Photo/David Goldman)</p><p>U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on a television broadcast news as a cashier of a local restaurant takes a nap in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, June 23, 2011. Obama's withdrawal plan for Afghanistan marks the beginning of the end of a troop-intensive approach to countering a Taliban insurgency that until recent months had fought the U.S. and its NATO allies to a standstill. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)</p><p>An Afghan policeman stands guard in front of Afghan Money Market during a protest of Afghan businessmen condemning a June 23 armed robbery in downtown Kabul, near the U.S. embassy, in which, robbers stole $3.5 million from a truck, killing one man and injuring three other security guards in a area secured by Afghan police, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p><p>An injured Afghan man, a victim of a blast lies in a hospital bed in Kunduz city in the northern province of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 25, 2011. A bicycle rigged with explosives ripped through a bazaar in the Khanabad district of Kunduz province on Friday, killing at least 10 people, including a police officer. At least 24 people were wounded in the attack, according to an Interior Ministry statement. (AP Photo/Balal)</p><p>An injured Afghan woman, a victim of a suicide blast, lies in a hospital bed in Garduz city in Paktia province Afghanistan, Saturday, June 25, 2011. A suicide bomber blew up his sport utility vehicle outside a small clinic in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, bringing the building down on those inside, Afghan authorities said. At least 35 people were reported killed.(AP Photo/Ihsanullah Mahjoor)</p><p>An Afghan man prepares coal to make a fire for cooking, outside of a local restaurant, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, June. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)</p><p>An Afghan man selling mangos waits for costumers, as a military billboard is seen in the background reading" The Afghan soldiers has no related to any ethnic and political groups" in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, June. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)</p><p>Jonathan Chalifoux, 23, of Germanville, Quebec, Canada, with the Canadian Army's 1st Battalion 22nd Royal Regiment, takes cover as a controlled detonation goes off in the background during an operation Sunday, June 26, 2011 in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Canadian combat operations will end in July as troops withdraw from the southern region and hand control over to the Americans. Canada will transition to a non-combat training role with up to 950 soldiers and support staff to train Afghan soldiers and cops in areas of the north, west and Kabul. (AP Photo/David Goldman)</p><p>Master Cpl. Alain LeBrun, 32, of Timmons, Canada, with the Canadian Army's 1st Battalion 22nd Royal Regiment, looks on as a Canadian helicopter provides air support on an operation Sunday, June 26, 2011 in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Canadian combat operations will end in July as troops withdraw from the southern region and hand control over to the Americans. Canada will transition to a non-combat training role with up to 950 soldiers and support staff to train Afghan soldiers and cops in areas of the north, west and Kabul. (AP Photo/David Goldman)</p><p>Soldiers with the Canadian Army's 1st Battalion 22nd Royal Regiment, patrol at sunrise Sunday, June 26, 2011 in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Canadian combat operations will end in July as troops withdraw from the southern region and hand control over to the Americans. Canada will transition to a non-combat training role with up to 950 soldiers and support staff to train Afghan soldiers and cops in areas of the north, west and Kabul. (AP Photo/David Goldman)</p><p>Afghan labor boys sit on the their push carts, as they wait to be hired in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, June. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)</p><p>An Afghan man looks out of a local guest house, near a building which was destroyed during the civil war of 1990s in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, June. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)</p><p>An Afghan boy at left looks on as soldiers with the Afghan Army, right, and the Canadian Army's 1st Battalion 22nd Royal Regiment, near, search a compound during a joint patrol Monday, June 27, 2011 in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Canadian combat operations will end in July as troops withdraw from the southern region and hand control over to the Americans. Canada will transition to a non-combat training role with up to 950 soldiers and support staff to train Afghan soldiers and police in areas in the north and west of the country and Kabul. (AP Photo/David Goldman)</p><p>Soldiers with the Canadian Army's 1st Battalion 22nd Royal Regiment prepare for an operation at sunrise Monday, June 27, 2011 in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Canadian combat operations will end in July as troops withdraw from the southern region and hand control over to the Americans. Canada will transition to a non-combat training role with up to 950 soldiers and support staff to train Afghan soldiers and cops in areas of the north, west and Kabul. (AP Photo/David Goldman)</p><p>Canadian Army's 1st Battalion 22nd Royal Regiment soldier Sgt. Chris Larochelle, 41, of Quebec, Canada, looks on after soldiers set fire to approximately a thousand pounds of hashish that was discovered in a compound during a joint operation with Canadian and Afghan forces Monday, June 27, 2011 in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Canadian combat operations will end in July as troops withdraw from the southern region and hand control over to the Americans. Canada will transition to a non-combat training role with up to 950 soldiers and support staff to train Afghan soldiers and cops in areas of the north, west and Kabul. (AP Photo/David Goldman)</p><p>An Afghan boy loads a wheelbarrow with sellable materials that he recovered from a garbage dump in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 27, 2011. The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) announced Monday it will cut food assistance to more than 3 million Afghans in about half the country's 34 provinces because of a shortage of money from donor nations.The program will focus food assistance on helping the most needy Afghans, especially women and children, said Bradley Guerrant, the agency's deputy country director.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p><p>An Afghan worker carries a sack of wheat in a U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 27, 2011. The WFP announced Monday it will cut food assistance to more than 3 million Afghans in about half the country's 34 provinces because of a shortage of money from donor nations. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p><p>An Afghan worker carries a sack of wheat in a U.N. World Food Program (WFP) warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 27, 2011. WFP announced Monday it will cut food assistance to more than 3 million Afghans in about half the country's 34 provinces because of a shortage of money from donor nations.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p><p>This video image shows Afghan police vehicles near the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul Tuesday June 28, 2011 following a blast at the hotel. At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside a Western-style hotel in Kabul, police said. There was no immediate word on casualties in the rare, nighttime attack in the Afghan capital. Streets leading to the Inter-Continental hotel were blocked. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/APTN)</p><p>This video image shows an Afghan security officer near the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul Tuesday June 28, 2011 following a blast at the hotel. At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside a Western-style hotel in Kabul, police said. There was no immediate word on casualties in the rare, nighttime attack in the Afghan capital. Streets leading to the Inter-Continental hotel were blocked. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/APTN)</p><p>This video image shows an Afghan security officer directing vehicles near the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul Tuesday June 28, 2011 following a blast at the hotel. At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside a Western-style hotel in Kabul, police said. There was no immediate word on casualties in the rare, nighttime attack in the Afghan capital. Streets leading to the Inter-Continental hotel were blocked. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/APTN)</p><p>Afghan police officers travel in the back of a truck towards the road leading to the Inter Continental hotel, which is under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Back-to-back explosions have rocked the Inter-Continental hotel, where Afghan police are battling insurgents who attacked with suicide bombers, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p><p>An Afghan police officer stops vehicles entering towards the road leading to the Inter Continental hotel, which is under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Back-to-back explosions have rocked the Inter-Continental hotel, where Afghan police are battling insurgents who attacked with suicide bombers, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p><p>Afghan police officers stop vehicles entering towards the road leading to the Inter Continental hotel, which is under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Back-to-back explosions have rocked the Inter-Continental hotel, where Afghan police are battling insurgents who attacked with suicide bombers, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p><p>An Afghan police officer stands guard at an intersection stopping vehicles entering towards the road leading to Inter Continental hotel, which is under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Four suicide bombers and at least two gunmen attacked a Western-style hotel in Kabul late Tuesday night and police who rushed to the scene fought the assailants with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, Afghan officials said. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said all the bombers either blew themselves up or were killed while two gunmen continued to fire from the roof. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p><p>An Afghan police officer stands guard at an intersection stopping vehicles entering towards the road leading to Inter Continental hotel, which is under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Four suicide bombers and at least two gunmen attacked a Western-style hotel in Kabul late Tuesday night and police who rushed to the scene fought the assailants with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, Afghan officials said. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said all the bombers either blew themselves up or were killed while two gunmen continued to fire from the roof. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p><p>Afghan police officers stop vehicles entering the road leading to the Inter-Continental hotel, which is under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Four suicide bombers and at least two gunmen attacked a Western-style hotel in Kabul late Tuesday night and police who rushed to the scene fought the assailants with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, Afghan officials said. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said all the bombers either blew themselves up or were killed while two gunmen continued to fire from the roof. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/29/6554650-un-launching-emergency-food-aid-program-in-nkoreahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/29/6554650-un-launching-emergency-food-aid-program-in-nkoreaunnkoreafoodaidnorth-koreaworld-food-programworld-newsFri, 29 Apr 2011 09:35:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6381753-wfp-says-japan-needs-shelter-health-equipmenthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6381753-wfp-says-japan-needs-shelter-health-equipmentunjapanearthquakeworld-food-programworld-newsasunited-nations'Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:37:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/12/5829588-officials-un-air-crew-kidnapped-in-darfurhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/12/5829588-officials-un-air-crew-kidnapped-in-darfurdarfursudanworld-food-programworld-newsmlthree-bulgariansThu, 13 Jan 2011 00:03:01 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/24/5708552-bomb-kills-1-wounds-2-near-pakistan-police-officehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/24/5708552-bomb-kills-1-wounds-2-near-pakistan-police-officepakistanworld-food-programworld-newsaspakistan-us-alliedFri, 24 Dec 2010 08:05:43 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Pakistani police officers and rescue worker survey the damaged portion of a school caused by a bomb blast in the Polosy area on the outskirt of Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. A classroom was damaged and two students injured in the blast blast at a school in the Pakistan's northwest, local media reported. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)</p><p>Bullet shells are seen on the ground after a sudden attack by Taliban on Combat Out Post Badel in eastern Afghanistan near Pakistan border on Friday, Dec 24, 2010.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)</p><p>Pakistani police officers examine the site of bomb blast in Qeutta, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. A remote-controlled bomb rigged to a bike exploded on the outskirts of Quetta city in southwestern Pakistan, killing a police officer and wounding five more, police official Hamid Shakil said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)</p><p>Pakistani police officers examine a damaged police vehicle after a bomb blast in Qeutta, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. A remote-controlled bomb rigged to a bike exploded on the outskirts of Quetta city in southwestern Pakistan, killing a police officer and wounding five more, police official Hamid Shakil said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)</p><p>Pakistan army paramedic unload an injured victim of suicide bombing, from a van upon his arrival at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)</p><p>Pakistani paramedic and relative transport an injured victim of suicide bombing,upon his arrival at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)</p><p>Pakistani men weep as they stand beside their relative who was injured in the suicide bombing in Bajur tribal region, at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)</p><p>Pakistan army paramedic and rescue workers unload an injured victim of suicide bombing, from a van upon his arrival at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)</p><p>Pakistan army paramedic unload an injured victim of suicide bombing, from a van upon his arrival at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)</p><p>Inured victims of suicide bombing are treated at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)</p><p>Pakistan army paramedic unload an injured victim of suicide bombing, from a van upon his arrival at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)</p><p>An injured victim of a suicide bombing in Bajur tribal region, is treated at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)</p><p>Pakistani paramilitary soldiers collect evidences at the site of suicide bombing outside the office of World Food Program in Khar, the main town of Pakistan's Bajur tribal region along Afghan border, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest killing scores of people at an aid distribution center in northwestern Pakistan while army helicopter gunships and artillery killed a similar number of Islamic militants in neighboring tribal regions near the Afghan border, officials said. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan)</p><p>Injured victims of suicide bombing are treated at a local hospital in Khar, the main town of Pakistan's Bajur tribal region along Afghan border, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest killing scores of people at an aid distribution center in northwestern Pakistan while army helicopter gunships and artillery killed a similar number of Islamic militants in neighboring tribal regions near the Afghan border, officials said. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan)</p><p>Pakistani paramilitary soldiers survey the site of suicide bombing in Khar, the main town of Pakistan's Bajur tribal region, along theAfghan border, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest killing scores of people at an aid distribution center in northwestern Pakistan while army helicopter gunships and artillery killed a similar number of Islamic militants in neighboring tribal regions near the Afghan border, officials said. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan)</p><p>Elderly Pakistani Wazeer Khan, 85, looks on as he walks in an alley of a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>In this photo taken Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pauses during a meeting with the Pakistani National Disaster Management Authority, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's U.S.-allied ruling party scrambled on Wednesday to keep its fragile coalition government in power as its senior leaders met with two dissident political partners, urging them to rejoin the Cabinet, a leader of one of the disgruntled parties, however, reiterated demands that the prime minister quit or be fired. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>Afghan Othoman Khan, 75, looks back as he holds an umbrella to avoid the rain while riding his donkey cart along a muddy road on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/05/5412538-un-3-latvian-helicopter-crew-kidnapped-in-darfurhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/05/5412538-un-3-latvian-helicopter-crew-kidnapped-in-darfurundarfurunited-nationskidnappingworld-food-programworld-newsthree-latvianFri, 5 Nov 2010 09:33:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/04/5406423-un-food-agency-says-nkorea-children-malnourishedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/04/5406423-un-food-agency-says-nkorea-children-malnourishedchinankoreanorth-koreaworld-food-programworld-newsasfood-aidThu, 4 Nov 2010 07:43:00 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5400640-wfp-chief-tours-food-factory-during-nkorea-visithttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5400640-wfp-chief-tours-food-factory-during-nkorea-visitnkoreanorth-koreaworld-food-programworld-newsasfood-aidWed, 3 Nov 2010 00:19:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/04/5225423-un-pakistan-floods-curb-food-aid-to-afghanistanhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/04/5225423-un-pakistan-floods-curb-food-aid-to-afghanistanafghanaidworld-food-programshortageworld-newsasfood-aidMon, 4 Oct 2010 08:47:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4938149-somali-militants-seize-and-burn-aid-foodhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4938149-somali-militants-seize-and-burn-aid-foodfoodsomaliaburnedworld-food-programworld-newsafFri, 20 Aug 2010 13:57:47 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Al Shabab man burns white bags of wheat bearing an American flag and the stamp USAID in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug.20, 2010. Islamist fighters in Somalia said Friday that they seized food from the World Food Program from markets in Mogadishu and burned more than 500 bags of maize and wheat. Sheik Ali Mohamed Hussein, an official with al-Shabab &#8212; Somalia's most powerful militant group &#8212; said the food was expired. A spokesman for WFP said the group does not distribute expired food. "We have burned the expired food in public and we will continue the operation to check what is left in the markets to take care of the health of our people," Hussein told reporters. (AP Photo/Mohamed Olad Hassan) </p><p>Workers offload white bags of wheat bearing an American flag and the stamp of World Food Programme in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Islamist fighters in Somalia said Friday that they seized food from the World Food Program from markets in Mogadishu and burned more than 500 bags of maize and wheat. Sheik Ali Mohamed Hussein, an official with al-Shabab &#8212; Somalia's most powerful militant group &#8212; said the food was expired. A spokesman for WFP said the group does not distribute expired food. "We have burned the expired food in public and we will continue the operation to check what is left in the markets to take care of the health of our people," Hussein told reporters. (AP Photo/Mohamed Olad Hassan) </p><p>Al Shabab man shows showed what appeared to be old, clumpy maize from white bags of wheat bearing the stamp World Food Programme in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug.20, 2010. Islamist fighters in Somalia said Friday that they seized food from the World Food Program from markets in Mogadishu and burned more than 500 bags of maize and wheat. Sheik Ali Mohamed Hussein, an official with al-Shabab &#8212; Somalia's most powerful militant group &#8212; said the food was expired. A spokesman for WFP said the group does not distribute expired food. "We have burned the expired food in public and we will continue the operation to check what is left in the markets to take care of the health of our people," Hussein told reporters. (AP Photo/Mohamed Olad Hassan) </p><p>Workers offload white bags of food bearing the stamp of World Food Programme in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug.20, 2010. Islamist fighters in Somalia said Friday that they seized food from the World Food Program from markets in Mogadishu and burned more than 500 bags of maize and wheat. Sheik Ali Mohamed Hussein, an official with al-Shabab &#8212; Somalia's most powerful militant group &#8212; said the food was expired. A spokesman for WFP said the group does not distribute expired food. "We have burned the expired food in public and we will continue the operation to check what is left in the markets to take care of the health of our people," Hussein told reporters. (AP Photo/Mohamed Olad Hassan) </p>