Somalia: Alarming levels of malnutrition
United Nations warn about alarming levels of malnutrition in the capital of Somalia, as internal conflict continues.
According to the report, aid organizations are not in position to cover the needs of 350.000 people, due to lack of sufficient funding, drought as well as ongoing hostilities in the country.
Moreover United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that government of Somalia compares the current situation to the one that had led to 2011's famine, when 260.000 people had lost their lives – half of them children under five.
Al Shabaab rebels, seeking to topple the Western-backed government and impose their own strict interpretation of Islam, have staged a series of attacks in Mogadishu during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which ends this week.
"The humanitarian community is mobilizing resources to address the serious situation, but the significant shortfall in funding for humanitarian activities has undermined the capacity to respond," OCHA said of the challenges in Mogadishu.
Given that UN bodies were blamed in the past for not preventing famine in Somalia, this report is part of a general effort to improve early warning mechanisms.
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