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| Diarrhoea kills 28 in Somalia in 10 days, says Red Cross |
| 2017-04-14 |
| [SHABELLENEWS] The International Federation of Red Thingy and Red Islamic Thingy (IFRC) warned Wednesday of a health crisis in Somaliland after 28 people died of acute diarrhoea in the past 10 days. More than 411 cases, believed to be caused by cholera, have been reported since the start of the month with 167 people hospitalised in the drought-ravaged region of northern Somalia. "This outbreak is frightening, as the people of Somaliland are already weakened by the drought and by lack of food," said Abdirasaq Ali Duran, a Somali Red Islamic Thingy Society official based in the town of Buhdole near the border with Æthiopia. Many of those affected were herdsmen who live in remote areas, the statement said. "Drought doesn’t just cause thirst, hunger and death--it causes diseases like acute diarrhoea, because people are so desperate for water that they’ll drink from heavily contaminated streams or puddles," said Duran. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia after the Horn of Africa nation’s central government collapsed in 1991, but it remains unrecognised by the international community. Nearby Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... , a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, has also been hit by the outbreak, recording more than 1,600 cases of cholera and 57 deaths since the start of the year, according to the IFRC. The Horn of Africa region including parts of Æthiopia and Kenya are suffering from drought, and Somalia’s president warned last month that his country could slip into its third famine in 25 years if the international community did not send more aid. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Somalia’s president warned last month that his country could slip into its third famine in 25 years if the international community did not send more aid. "Then who will wash my palace carpets?" |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-14 12:35 |