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Misery in Somalia

Updated on 20 December 2007

By Jonathan Miller

This week the Ethiopian president accused the UN of exaggerating the situation in Somalia and damaging the country in the process.



In November the UN had said the humanitarian crisis there was the worst in Africa.

The Ethiopian claims, whose soldiers invaded the country over a year ago, have been dismissed by UN officials and our latest pictures from Mogadishu reveal the depth of the misery there.

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