Somalia Drought Relief is a Logistical Nightmare?
Marie-Louise Gumuchian of the Reuters News Agency reports:
Insecurity is hampering aid efforts and the WFP says delivering food to the needy in a country that barely functions is a logistical nightmare. Pirates hijacked two WFP ships last year, forcing the agency back on to the country’s dangerous roads. A U.N. aid worker was kidnapped this year and a recent food delivery was stopped when an exchange of fire between militias killed one person. “(It is) very difficult, very hard, very unpredictable, very unstable but we don’t have a choice…We try to do our best,†said Zlatan Milisic, WFP country director for Somalia. “There are too many men with guns in Somalia but that’s the environment in which these vulnerable people find themselves.†Khalil, who travels the most difficult routes, is in constant contact with his drivers by mobile and satellite phones. The convoys are guarded by armed men who sit on top.
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