With Kenya continuing to pour troops into Southern Somalia, aid groups are warning that the invasion is making an already disastrous humanitarian situation far worse, as the influx of troops adds more pressure to a population on the brink of starvation.
Already the fighting in the region is making it even harder to deliver aid into the region, and since the Kenyan military is attacking towns the residents are no longer able to flee across the border into refugee camps.
Oxfam warned that the situation is “increasingly alarming” and that the portions of Somalia affected by the famine are expected to grow as the offensive continues. They reported that the number of refugees fleeing has dropped to 100 in the past week since the invasion from 3,400 the previous week.
Though Kenya had insisted the invasion was a response to recent kidnappings, officials are now admitting that this was not the case, and that the Kenyan military has been planning to invade Somalia for years in hopes of propping up friendly militias in the region.
What a surprise. Another brain dead invasion…
Mr Jason Ditz , you can afford to condemn kenya,s invasion from your comfort in Europe . We in kenya experince 1st hand the burden of having a rouge neigbour and of sheltering thousands of refuggess . Kenay needs support and not condemnation
Bad luck, Mr Otieno, Maybe your government should have had a word with the jolly old Ethiopians to see well their invasion went . Signing up with the imperial powers means you do as they order and your own interests be damned.
Let us see how Kenya manages this invasion once Western powers move to another invasion against a powerless country. Kenya has been planning this invasion for years but just like Ethiopians,
they will 'discover' that the invasion of Somalia will be much more expensive than they can bear.
So the Kenyan invasion is the culprit, eh? How about the US drones? Are they making things better? I'm willing to bet that some US top brass will argue that droning those poor people to death is a humanitarian mission because it's quicker than starving. Can't put anything past these monsters.