Aid agencies in Somalia expect to reach hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people but insecurity may limit their access, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned.
– Right now humanitarian access is not guaranteed; it is still precarious in many parts of the country, Philippe Lazzarini, head of OCHA in Somalia, said on Monday.
While access was impeded by a series of incidents and lack of authority, some parts of the country were inaccessible because of the ongoing conflict between the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG).
The warning comes amid reports of rising tensions in the capital of Mogadishu after overnight attacks on government forces and Ethiopian troop positions, local sources told IRIN.
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