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- COVER STORIES, Page 48AFRICASomalia's Descent into Desperation
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- At the epicenter of Africa's grief and suffering is Somalia,
- reduced to a state of virtually irredeemable misery by war and
- starvation. Savage civil strife among clans has destroyed the
- capital of Mogadishu and killed 150,000 people since the
- government was overthrown 19 months ago. The survivors in this
- mostly desert land are victims of a famine that threatens the
- lives of 1.8 million of Somalia's nearly 6 million people. After
- months of internal resistance and foreign indifference, aid is
- finally coming. A U.S. food airlift announced in mid-August has
- just begun to bring relief, as officials struggle to distribute
- supplies safely amid the political anarchy and prevent even
- worse fighting over the food itself.
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