Recent attacks make it near impossible for aid agencies to distribute food in southern Somalia . That threat came from al-Shabaab , a group that has waged a bloody insurgency against the U.N.-backed government of transitional President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed . The United Nations says more than one million are going hungry . The World Food Programme says it is under threat from Islamist militants .
Recent attacks make it near impossible for aid agencies to distribute food in southern Somalia . The United Nations says more than one million are going hungry . The World Food Programme says it is under threat from Islamist militants .