he UN is preventing aid from reaching victims of Somalia's drought, the country's prime minister has said.

Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said on Thursday the world body was hoarding supplies and failing to distribute them to those in need.

The comments came as the UN World Food Programme airlifted tonnes of emergency supplies to Mogadishu, the capital, to feed malnourished children in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa nation.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from Nairobi in neighbouring Kenya.