On Wednesday, the UNchildren's agency airliftedfivetonsofsupplies to the town of Baidoa in Lower Shabelle. The supplies includedfood, medicineandwatercleaningequipment.
The last section of the 241km- (149 mile-) road from Mogadishu to Baidoa was successfully secured on Monday, said the African Union mission in Somalia, which has 18, 000 troops in the country.