U.S. Presses Gulf States, EU to Boost Aid for Drought-Hit Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia—The U.S. is pressuring wealthy Persian Gulf states, as well as Europe, to boost humanitarian assistance to Somalia before a food crisis becomes a famine.

In a speech in the Somali capital, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, accused rich countries—both American allies and adversaries—of failing in their moral obligation to feed the starving.