Mogadishu (Sunatimes) Former President and UN High Commissioner Mary Robinson on Tuesday is travelling to Somalia for the first time since her 1992 visit brought famine and war there to worldwide attention.

Before crossing from Kenya into Somalia, Mrs. Robinson told RTÉ News that she was extremely concerned about the growing seriousness of famine in the Somalia, saying world leaders needed to take greater action to ease the crisis in the country.

The United Nations is expected to declare officially tomorrow that there is a famine in parts of Somalia.

The former President and UN High Commissioner Mary Robinson is returning to Somalia almost after two decades with representatives of humanitarian aid agencies like Trocáire, Concern and Oxfam Ireland.

By Dahir Alasow