Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Somalia burns - but does anyone care?


By Andrew Cawthorne NAIROBI, April 24 (Reuters) -

The carnage and suffering in Somalia may be the worst in more than a decade -- but you'd hardly know it from your nightly news. For a mix of reasons, from public fatigue at another African conflict to international diplomatic divisions and frustration, a war slaughtering civilians and creating a huge refugee crisis has failed to grab world attention or stir global players. "There is a massive tragedy unfolding in Mogadishu, but from the world's silence, you would think it's Christmas," said the head of a Mogadishu political think-tank, who declined to be named because of the precarious security situation in Somalia.

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