Lebanon Daily Star logo Lebanon Daily Star 2 weeks ago

UN accuses US of delaying food aid to Somalia

ROME: The United Nations says it’s running out of food for millions of starving Somalis in part because the United States is delaying aid amid fears it could be intercepted by militants linked to Al-Qaeda. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star

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  1. Freed hostages, Amanda Lindhout (L), a Canadian freelance reporter, and Nigel Brennan, a freelance Australian photojournalist smile to photographers in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, November 26, 2009.
  2. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City. The United Nations General Assembly is meeting for their 64th session featuring leaders from over 120 countries.
  3. DADAAB, KENYA - AUGUST 19: Newly displaced Somalis wait to get into a processing center in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 19, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya.
  4. NAIROBI, KENYA - AUGUST 18: People walk down a market street in Eastleigh, a predominantly Muslim Somali neighborhood on August 18, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. Referred to locally as 'Little Mogadishu', Eastleigh is home to thousands of Somalis who have fled war-ravaged Somalia in recent years.
  5. WASHINGTON - APRIL 30:Shane Murphy, First Mate of the MV Maersk Alabama, participates in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, April 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on recent attacks by pirates off the coast of Somalia.
  6. ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD - APRIL 16: A member of the crew of the17,000-ton container ship Maersk Alabama shakes hands after debarking a plane April 16, 2009 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Pirates seized the ship on April 8 off the coast of Somalia taking captive their captain, Capt.
  7. BURLINGTON, VT - APRIL 13: Andrea Phillips, wife of sea Capt. Richard Phillips, meets with the media a day after Phillips was rescued by U.S. Navy SEALS from pirates near the coast of Somalia April 13, 2009 in Burlington, Vermont.
  8. DANIA BEACH, FL- APRIL 13: Todd Christensen keeps an eye on a cargo ship's engine room controls during a demonstration of how simulators at the Simulation, Training, Assessment & Research Center (STAR) are used to teach merchant marines, among many things, how to react to a potential threat from...
  9. A marine ship lifeboat sits on a launch mechanism on the back of a merchant ship at the Kenyan port of Mombasa on April 12, 2009.

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