Financial Times-WFP halts food shipments to Somalia
The World Food Program has halted its food shipments to Somalia in a high-stakes attempt to press local warlords to rein in violence that has killed two of its employees this month. Peter Goossens, Somalia country director of the United Nations agency, said the WFP would distribute the food left in its Somali warehouses but he warned that it would run out by early March if it was not replenished by fresh shipments. He said the WFP would only reopen its “pipeline” when it had received security guarantees from local administrations, warlords and armed militias that control the areas where it operates.

The Zimbabwean-GLOBAL: A new and improved PEPFAR under Obama?
A columnist writing in The Zimbabwean writes that expectations are high among Africans that President Obama will make the fight against HIV/AIDS and other treatable diseases a top foreign policy priority. While America’s global AIDS program, PEPFAR, is highly popular on the continent, the article explores the possible changes and improvements that President Obama could implement in the years ahead.

Mail & Guardian (South Africa)-Zimbabwe’s children struggle to survive
Beyond the cholera outbreak, the growing humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe has had a devastating impact on children living with HIV. UNICEF’s executive director Ann Veneman, who visited Zimbabwe recently, told journalists that the collapse of the health services system, the closure of government hospitals and the economic and food crises have made it difficult for children to access healthcare. Zimbabwe has a higher number of orphans than any other country in the world, and children living with HIV have had nowhere to turn for treatment.

-Steve Wilson