Somalia

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**FILE** Al-Shabab fighters display weapons as they conduct military exercises Oct. 21, 2010, in northern Mogadishu, Somalia. (Associated Press)

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Displaced families who fled famine in Somalia a couple of months ago take shelter in a destroyed building after moving out of their makeshift tents, which became flooded by rains, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Fighting broke out there over the weekend, killing at least 20. (Associated Press)

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A soldier keeps guard near burned bodies and a smoldering vehicle at the scene of Tuesday's explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia, when a car laden with explosives blew up in front of the Ministry of Education. "The casualties are mostly students and parents who were waiting for results of scholarships," the government said. (Associated Press)

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Somalis from southern Somalia wait with their malnourished children in Banadir Hospital in the capital of Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. (AP Photo)

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A child from southern Somalia, is treated for malnourishment in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. The United Nations predicts famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS African Union troops defend the Yaaqshid district of Mogadishu, Somalia, on Thursday. Spokesman Col. Paddy Ankunda said the AU force believes al-Shabab is trying to prevent aid from reaching tens of thousands of refugees.

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Adam Ibrahim from Somalia is comforted by his father, Abdulle Ibrahim, after treatment at the International Rescue Committee in Kenya on Thursday. Al-Shabab militants have killed men who tried to escape famine with their families.

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Hassan Mohamud (left) and Mohamed Hassan are spearheading a relief effort in the Minneapolis area for drought-stricken Somalia. The two men are part of an ad hoc committee that is working with the American Refugee Committee to raise money and collect supplies. "Because of my relationship to the people of Somalia back home ... I cannot afford to sit back and watch people go through these experiences," Mr. Hassan said. (Associated Press)

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Somali women displaced by drought wait to receive rations at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, on July 20. Southern parts of Somalia are experiencing famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. (Associated Press)

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Somalis carrying their belongings wait outside a camp for displaced people in the capital city of Mogadishu after leaving their homes in southern Somalia to seek help. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks and the number is increasing daily. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition. Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda all have drought-stricken areas and the situation is deteriorating, (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this file photo dated Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, Somali's Interior Minister Abdishakur Sheik Hassan, centre, is escorted by Somali soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

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Somali protesters set fires outside the Medina hotel which accommodates Somali MPs in southern Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 10, 2011, where protesters took to the streets for the second day in support of current Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. (Associated Press)

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An al-Shabab fighter poses during military exercises in Mogadishu, Somalia, in late October. Somalia has been mired in civil war since 1991, and there is no end in sight, as foreigners provide Somali Islamists with cash and skills to wage their insurgency. (Associated Press)

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In this photo provided by World Press Photo, the 1st Prize Daily Life Single of the 2011 World Press Photo Contest by Omar Feisal, Somalia, Reuters, shows a man carrying a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Omar Feisal/Reuters)

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos shakes hands with women in a camp of displaced people in Galkayo town in Somalia. The U.N. and aid agencies are warning of a possible catstrophe in Somalia, where a severe drought has plunged millions of Somalis into crisis. The drought has increased the number of malnourished children, displaced thousands of people and killed thousands of animals. (AP Photo/Malkhadir Muhumed)

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Dr. Amina Adan Mohamed (right) holds one of 37 malnourished infants awaiting treatment at her mother's hospital in Afgoye, Somalia. Dr. Hawa Abdi and her daughters are known throughout Somalia as healers and protectors who don't distinguish among clans, religions or political creeds. (Associated Press)

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The Hawa Abdi hospital in Afgoye, Somalia, is along the main road to Mogadishu, a corridor that forms one of the world's largest concentrations of displaced people. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** One of the 1,800 Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers being sent to the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia participates in a Dec. 21 drill at Singo Military training camp, about 100 kilometers north of Kampala. (Associated Press)

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Paul and Rachel Chandler arrive Sunday at Mogadishu's airport in Somalia after being released earlier from 388 days of captivity by pirates.

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French soldiers arrest suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia in November 2009. The influx of millions of dollars in ransoms has changed life in some coastal communities in Somalia, driving prices up and creating a schism between the pirate-haves and the local have-nots.