Trump’s offensive to ‘wipe out’ al-Shabaab threatens more pain for Somalis
by Jason Burke in Mogadishu from on (#2M0GE)
Efforts to avert a disaster caused by drought are at risk from renewed offensive
A new US-backed military offensive against Islamist militants in Somalia could undermine the massive international effort to help millions of people threatened by the worst drought there in more than 40 years, aid officials in the unstable east African state fear.
More than 50m has been raised by individual donors in the UK and the British government has contributed another 110m to help avert hundreds of thousands of deaths in Somalia. More than six million people there are in need of immediate assistance, with half of them facing famine.
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