Yahoo.com (excerpts):  Tens of thousands of Somalis have flooded Mogadishu refugee camps in search of food as the nation fights East Africa's worst drought in 60 years and ruling militants who are blocking aid from Western countries.  Yahoo news spoke to a reporter who is in Somalia and has seen first-hand what it's like in the refugee camps of the war-torn and famished country.  "There was no food - no help.  There are kids dying left and right - I'm not exaggerating.  They buried 12 on the day I visited," said Jason Straziuso, a reporter for the Associated Press.  "The most touching thing so far has been when this small child waved at me yesterday.  I stuck my head in her tent and she was lying motionless, flies flying everywhere and she sort of stuck her head up and waved at me," he said.  "That put a lump in my throat because I don't know that she is going to get better, in fact, I think she has a good chance of not getting better."  African Union forces have launched an offensive to keep aid agencies safe as they bring food and supplies to the thousands of refugees in Mogudishu.   World Vision is working to bring relief to Mogudishu, one of the very few aid agencies in East Africa.  If you wish to donate, please follow this link:  World Vision


Commentary:  For more information, photos and videos, please visit the Famine page of this website.  Jesus said, "I was hungry and you gave me no meat, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.  Then they will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison and did not minister to you?  Then He will answer them, saying, Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did not do it for the least of these, you did not do it for me" Matthew 25:42-45.