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| Somalia food aid trucks stranded | Somalia food aid trucks stranded |
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| The UN has appealed to Kenya to allow food aid for more than 100,000 people through its border to war-torn Somalia. | The UN has appealed to Kenya to allow food aid for more than 100,000 people through its border to war-torn Somalia. |
| The 140 trucks have been stranded on the border for nearly a month, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says. | The 140 trucks have been stranded on the border for nearly a month, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says. |
| Kenya closed its border with Somalia in January to people and commercial traffic but humanitarian assistance has previously been allowed to across. | Kenya closed its border with Somalia in January to people and commercial traffic but humanitarian assistance has previously been allowed to across. |
| Thousands have fled continued unrest around the capital, Mogadishu, where a curfew comes into force on Friday. | Thousands have fled continued unrest around the capital, Mogadishu, where a curfew comes into force on Friday. |
| Sea routes to Somalia plagued by pirate attacks WFP's Peter Goossens | Sea routes to Somalia plagued by pirate attacks WFP's Peter Goossens |
| Ethiopian and government troops ousted the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), the Islamist group that controlled most of Somalia for six months last year, in December. | Ethiopian and government troops ousted the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), the Islamist group that controlled most of Somalia for six months last year, in December. |
| The UN has warned of rising malnutrition rates in Somalia where it plans to assist more than 1m people. | The UN has warned of rising malnutrition rates in Somalia where it plans to assist more than 1m people. |
| Bomb | Bomb |
| The WFP says their contracted trucks left the Kenyan port of Mombasa and were unexpectedly stopped when trying to cross at El-Wak. | The WFP says their contracted trucks left the Kenyan port of Mombasa and were unexpectedly stopped when trying to cross at El-Wak. |
| "The Kenyan overland route was chosen because of major problems with sea routes to Somalia plagued by pirate attacks," said the WFP's Peter Goossens. | "The Kenyan overland route was chosen because of major problems with sea routes to Somalia plagued by pirate attacks," said the WFP's Peter Goossens. |
| "Delays in distributing food this month to 108,000 people in Gedo district risks further aggravating the alarming rates of malnutrition that are already reported there." | "Delays in distributing food this month to 108,000 people in Gedo district risks further aggravating the alarming rates of malnutrition that are already reported there." |
| Many trucks have waited so long at the border that they have been unloaded in recent days and the food moved to a local warehouse, the UN says. | Many trucks have waited so long at the border that they have been unloaded in recent days and the food moved to a local warehouse, the UN says. |
| In Gedo region, which borders Kenya, acute malnutrition rates of 15-20% were reported in April. | In Gedo region, which borders Kenya, acute malnutrition rates of 15-20% were reported in April. |
| Earlier this month, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation warned that malnutrition was increasing in the Middle and Lower Shabelle regions - areas around the capital. | Earlier this month, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation warned that malnutrition was increasing in the Middle and Lower Shabelle regions - areas around the capital. |
| Meanwhile, in Mogadishu, a huge roadside bomb exploded near the main seaport killing four policemen and one civilian on Friday morning. | Meanwhile, in Mogadishu, a huge roadside bomb exploded near the main seaport killing four policemen and one civilian on Friday morning. |
| The curfew, which will run between 1900 (1600 GMT) and 0500 (0200 GMT), comes into effect on Friday and will continue indefinitely. | The curfew, which will run between 1900 (1600 GMT) and 0500 (0200 GMT), comes into effect on Friday and will continue indefinitely. |
| Ethiopian troops are conducting a weapons' search in city's main Bakara market where eight people were killed on Thursday. | Ethiopian troops are conducting a weapons' search in city's main Bakara market where eight people were killed on Thursday. |
| Fragmenting | Fragmenting |
| Correspondents say more than 10 have people died in fierce fighting in Kismayo between clan militia seeking control of the southern port. | |
| Explosions have also been reported in the central Bay and Hiraan regions. | Explosions have also been reported in the central Bay and Hiraan regions. |
| BBC Africa analyst Mary Harper says the overall picture for southern and central Somalia is of a country collapsing into conflict. | BBC Africa analyst Mary Harper says the overall picture for southern and central Somalia is of a country collapsing into conflict. |
| The area previously controlled by the UIC is fragmenting into a patchwork of unstable regions, each beset with insecurity, she says. | The area previously controlled by the UIC is fragmenting into a patchwork of unstable regions, each beset with insecurity, she says. |
| The violence does not appear to be co-ordinated and it is rare for anybody to claim responsibility for the attacks. | The violence does not appear to be co-ordinated and it is rare for anybody to claim responsibility for the attacks. |
| It is unlikely that a national reconciliation conference due to start in Mogadishu next month will have an immediate effect on the situation. | It is unlikely that a national reconciliation conference due to start in Mogadishu next month will have an immediate effect on the situation. |
| Islamist leaders and a growing number of other Somali groups say they will not take part in any peace negotiations until the Ethiopians leave their country. | Islamist leaders and a growing number of other Somali groups say they will not take part in any peace negotiations until the Ethiopians leave their country. |