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THE WEEK, Page 27WORLDFear and Famine
Refugees from warring neighbors are pouring into Kenya for succor
In a time of drought and ceaseless civil wars, East Africa's
refugee trails all seem to lead to Kenya. The fighting and
dying along the country's borders have driven tens of thousands
of starving civilians to a desperate march toward Kenya's
reception centers and camps. New arrivals -- including skeletal
children separated from their parents -- are crowding in at a
rate that threatens to overwhelm both local and international
relief organizations.
According to U.N. experts, almost 300,000 Somali,
Ethiopians, Sudanese and Ugandans have already reached Kenya;
that number could double in a few months. One of the worst
droughts in modern African history has added to the fear and
hunger that warfare began. More than half the refugees are
Somali, fleeing westward from continuous battles among their
country's clans and subclans. From the north trek thousands of
starving Ethiopians, and from the northwest Sudanese are fleeing
from Khartoum's national army and the southern rebel forces it
is pushing before it.
This crisis is focused in Kenya, but U.N. officials say it
should be dealt with on a regional basis. They hope for a plan
that would allow relief missions and convoys to move freely
across all the borders. To succeed, such a plan would need
approval from each of the governments, and the starving
thousands may not be able to wait for what would certainly be
prolonged negotiations.