No access: Critical bottlenecks in the 2011 Somali famine

Global Food Security

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Menkhaus, Ken ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Al Shabaab; Counter terrorism; Famine; Humanitarian access; Somalia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870170365     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2012.07.004     Document Type: Review

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