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"Two consecutive poor rainy seasons have resulted in one of the driest years since 1950/51 in many pastoral zones," the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs told a media briefing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... lia-famine




.And just three months earlier the nomadic communities in both north and northeast Somalia were on the brink of a humanitarian crisis following poor rains that have created severe water and food shortages. In some places 30 to 40 percent of the livestock has died, and what little livestock were left had been deemed so weak to even be sold, much less used for milk and meat. Alhamdulillah the rain have come, but what an unforgettable drought it was since it has created much suffering and misery, and still the nomadic communities who had been forced to escape to major towns haven yet to recover fully.
But now that it seems parts in central and southern Somalia are suffering the same fate, people are all of the sudden making noises about wanting to help ease their suffering. But while the nomadic communities up north and northeast Somalia were on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe this past March, nobody even bothered to shed tears for them... very troubling to say the least.
Nacalaa Somali iyo their double standard ku taal

There are many mothers like Mrs Haji. One of them said how she left her sick child on the road because he was too weak to make the journey to Kenya.Burdened by other small children, she left him in the desert."His eyes still haunt me to this day," she told us.Rukiyo Maalim Noor too has been travelling for the past 20 days. She has a one-month-old baby.
"We just took off. We could not stay because of the drought. There was no food, nothing to give to the children,'' she said.


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