UN agency sees drop in humanitarian access incidents in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- A UN relief agency said Thursday that humanitarian access incidents decreased by 18.6 percent to 57 incidents in the third quarter of the year, compared with 70 in the previous quarter.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also said three humanitarians lost their lives during the period, though their deaths were not directly related to their status as humanitarian workers, but rather as collateral damage.