Aid agencies say people in remote areas of Somalia and Kenya are suffering from hunger.
An elderly Kenyan woman carries her
malnourished child in Burmayo, 1630 km (
1013 miles) from the capital Nairobi,
December 19, 2005. Nearly thirty poor
pastoralists and hundreds of livestock
have died of starvation in the worst
draught to hit northeastern Kenya in the
past three years, residents and hospital
sources said. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna
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A severely malnourished young Kenyan boy
sits in his hospital bed in Mandera town,
1,500 km (932 miles) northeast of the
capital Nairobi, December 21, 2005.
Close to a dozen pastoralists and
hundreds of livestock have died of
starvation and thirst in the worst
draught to hit the remote northeastern
Kenya in the past three years, residents
and hospital sources said on Wednesday.
Located along the borderline with
Somalia and Ethiopia, Mandera district -
is among the poorest districts in Kenya
with a population of about 350,000
people, according to the government the
district has the highest illiteracy rate
among women in Africa. REUTERS/Antony
Njuguna
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REF: MAN02D.
An internally displaced Somalia woman
sits at a camp 2 km (1 mile) west of
Wajid town which houses over 730
families December 3,2005. Aid agencies
provide food, medicine, shelter and
water to thousands who remain displaced
by numerous clashes between different
Somali militia factions. The local needs
grew in 2004, owing to a worsening
drought. REUTERS/Antony
Njuguna
REF: WAJ03D
Internally displaced Somalians watch as
food aid arrives for distribution at an
IDP camp in Wajid, about 450 km (279.6
miles) southwest of the capital
Mogadishu, December 4, 2005. The U.N's
World Food Programme on Sunday delivered
its first aid shipment to starving
Somalis since pirates prowling its
lawless coast forced them to take a
dangerous and slow land route. The 14-
truck convoy arrived in Wajid, a barren
and scrubby town in south-central
Somalia, after a 13-day trip from the
Kenyan port of Mombasa, a route the aid
trucks have not taken in four years
because of the cost and difficulty.
REUTERS/Antony
Njuguna
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A Somali man fetches water from a well
in Wajid, 450km (280 miles) northwest of
the capital Mogadishu December 2, 2005.
Aid agencies provide food, medicine,
shelter and water to thousands who
remain displaced by numerous clashes
between different Somali militia
factions. The local needs grew in 2004,
owing to a worsening drought. Picture
taken on December 2, 2005. REUTERS/
Antony
Njuguna
REF: WAJ11D
Ibrahim Kula, a 13-year-old severely
malnourished Kenyan boy, lies is his
hospital bed in Mandera town, 1,500 km (
932 miles) northeast of the capital
Nairobi, December 21, 2005. Close to a
dozen pastoralists and hundreds of
livestock have died of starvation and
thirst in the worst draught to hit the
remote northeastern Kenya in the past
three years, residents and hospital
sources said on Wednesday. Located along
the borderline with Somalia and Ethiopia,
Mandera district - is among the poorest
districts in Kenya with a population of
about 350,000 people, according to the
government the district has the highest
illiteracy rate among women in Africa.
REUTERS/Antony
Njuguna
REF: MAN01D.
An internally displaced Somali woman
stands with her child at a camp 2 km (1
mile) west of Wajid town which houses
over 730 families December 3,2005. Aid
agencies provide food, medicine, shelter
and water to thousands who remain
displaced by numerous clashes between
different Somali militia factions. The
local needs grew in 2004, owing to a
worsening drought. REUTERS/Antony
Njuguna
REF: WAJ12D
A convoy of food aid arrives in Wajid
town, 450 km (280 miles) southwest of
the capital Mogadishu, December 4, 2005.
The U.N's World Food Programme on Sunday
delivered its first aid shipment to
starving Somalis since pirates prowling
its lawless coast forced them to take a
dangerous and slow land route. The 14-
truck convoy arrived in Wajid, a barren
and scrubby town in south-central
Somalia, after a 13-day trip from the
Kenyan port of Mombasa -- a route the
aid trucks have not taken in four years
because of the cost and difficulty. WFP
operations in Somalia were sabotaged
this year by the hijacking of two ships
carrying food, which forced the U.N.
food agency to opt for an equally
treacherous and longer route over land.
REUTERS/Antony
Njuguna
REF: NAI02D
