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STUART PRICE/AFP/Getty Images(MOGADISHU, Somalia) -- Food and medicine -- the necessities 10 million people sorely need in famine-stricken Somalia -- continues to be threatened by the Islamic extremist group al Shabab.
In a grim echo of the situation in the war-torn country during the 1990s, the al-Qeada-lined group on Sunday tried to block vital humanitarian aid routes into the capital city of Mogadishu, as al Shabab continued its insurgency against Somalia's United Nations-backed government.
ABC News' David Muir, the only American network reporter covering the famine, was on the front lines as African Union soldiers engaged in a firefight with al Shabab combatants, desperately trying to keep the group from advancing even closer to Mogadishu.
The extremist group has also refused to operate refugee camps in the southern areas it controls, forcing millions to walk for days and weeks on end through the drought-ridden south to reach camp -- and have a fighting chance for survival.
While touring the frontlines on Monday, ABC News' convoy was hit with gunfire. No one was hurt.
A short distance away, ABC News visited a refugee camp overflowing with people young and old, fighting for their lives in the midst of what the United Nations has called the worst food emergency in the world.
One mother told ABC News she walked 15 days from her home in the south to reach the camp. She and countless others continue to wait for the food and medical attention that will keep them alive; the question is, whether or not the gunfire will stop in time.
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