Al-Shabaab militants ban starving Somalis from accessing aid
by Jason Burke, Africa correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#2XJQW)
Fears of widespread famine as people in extremist-controlled areas are threatened with death if they contact aid agencies
Islamist militants in Somalia have imposed a ban on humanitarian assistance in areas they control, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to choose between death from starvation and disease or brutal punishment.
In some towns, hungry and weak people have been ordered by extremist leaders to remain where they are to act as human shields against US airstrikes.
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