dead end
. The lessons of the past year are eloquent and clear. The winds of change will not cease to blow. The flame ignited in Tunisia will not be dimmed."
However, the French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has attacked what he called the silence of the UN Security Council over Syria.
The head of UN humanitarian operations in Somalia, Mark Bowden, has told the BBC many more people will die of hunger before the famine there is
brought under control
. He said the situation was improving, but the crisis would continue till July or August.
"The number of people facing strict famine conditions has been reduced from 750,000 to about 250,000, but that doesn't mean that there's not a major crisis in Somalia."
Mr Bowden said that the famine had killed tens of thousands of people since it was declared six months ago and some of the world's highest child
malnutrition
rates had been recorded in Somalia with half of all children being malnourished.
Two planes have attacked the Somali city of Jilib in the south of the country, an area controlled by Islamists of al-Shabab. Elders in the city have told the BBC that six children were killed in the bombing which was apparently carried out by Kenyan military jets. There are reports that al-Shabab fighters were among the casualties. The Kenyan military spokesman told the BBC that he was checking whether Kenyan aircraft were involved in the raid.