At least 3.2 million Somalis in urban centers, rural areas, and IDP camps will require humanitarian assistance through June 2009. While overall conditions in Somalia are not expected to improve over the next six months, delivery of humanitarian aid has become increasingly difficult as a result of increased targeting of humanitarian workers, deteriorating civil security, political tensions, and renewed armed conflict.
A man covers the slain body of Said Tahlil Ahmed, the head of private media house HornAfrik in Mogadishu, February 4, 2009. Gunmen shot dead the head of private media house ...