Aid held up as car bombs, street battles plunge Somalia into crisis
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's government is holding up vital aid to tens of thousands of people as car bombs and street fighting Tuesday brought the death toll to nearly 1,500 in less than a month, sending this country lurching toward catastrophe, diplomats and witnesses warned.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier called on warring sides to end the violence and allow humanitarian assistance to reach the needy. The Somali government and its Ethiopian allies are trying to quash a growing Islamic insurgency but civilians are getting caught in the crossfire.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/24/africa/AF-GEN-Somalia.php
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