Somali Islamists maintain aid ban and deny famine

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Somalia's al-Shabab Islamists have denied lifting their ban on some Western aid agencies and say UN reports of famine are "sheer propaganda".
The UN on Wednesday said that parts of Somalia were suffering a famine after the worst drought in 60 years.
A spokesman for al-Shabab, which has ties to al-Qaeda and controls much of the country, accused the banned groups of being political.
But the UN insists famine exists and it will continue its aid efforts....



Seriously, what is wrong with these people. Are not those dying little children their siblings. I'm really confused here, help me out if you are from Somalia. How could you possibly sit there and watch, let alone block aid from disaster like this. Are they really human being? ...

apparently there is no somalia subforum so I had to post it under Ethiopia...

Hi naicho,

Somalis usually post in The Oasis. We have a couple of threads about the crisis over there, so you'll probably get more response there.

they have no feelings for their own starving people, with such people aspiring to govern somalia, it will take a miracle to make somalia peaceful and stable.:ohno:

Hi naicho,

Somalis usually post in The Oasis. We have a couple of threads about the crisis over there, so you'll probably get more response there.

Hey there, thanks for the info. I'm trying to get familiar with the forum...