Food prices explode and people riot; troops shoot two dead. Amnesty International reports government troops, their Ethiopian allies, and their Islamist enemies are all brutally attacking civilians in Somalia. The UN says more than a third of Somalis rely on food aid to survive. The country hasn't had a functioning government since 1991. In the past two years, Ethiopia and the United States have gotten involved in a power struggle between the official government and the Islamist group that controls much of the country. We get an update on the crisis and check in with members of the local Somalian community.
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