U.N. Says Somalia’s New Government at Risk
Somalia’s fragile new government risks collapse unless donors contribute millions of dollars to alleviate drought that has wiped out half the nation’s livestock, a U.N. official said Tuesday. The entire Horn of Africa is in the grips of the worst drought in a decade but Somalia is in particular danger of slipping into full-blown famine, said Christian Balslev-Olesen, the acting humanitarian coordinator for the nation. Full Story