Somalia famine Islamists keep aid workers outInternational efforts to fight the famine in Somalia are in trouble now that Islamist groups in the country continue to deny access to aid workers.
Only the Norwegian Refugee Council, the Red Cross and Islamic Relief are not banned from working inside Somalia.
It means the European Union has the rely on these organisations to provide aid inside Somalia, and on camps like this one in Doolow, near the borders with Kenya and Ethiopia in areas that that are not controlled by Al Shabab.
Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commisisoner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response: "We can get aid into the famine zones and we also can make it possible for many more places in Somalia to be provided with food, water, medical support. So IDPs do not have to cross all the way into Ethiopia or in Kenya, creating a bigger refugee problem for the future."
Somalia's Al-Shabab islamist movement has said that the famine that has been declared by the United Nations was a 'politically motivated lie'.
Al-Shabab has banned 16 aid ...
