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| Africa Horn | |
| Severe famine threatens thousands in Somalia | |
| 2017-01-21 | |
| Millions of people in south and central region in Somalia are facing severe famine after after the seasonal rains failed for several consecutive seasons in this Horn of Africa nation. The biting drought has displaced thousands of people and killed thousands of animals in central Somali regions, whereby hundreds of people, mainly children and animals. Mo’alim Hassan Sheikh Abdi, an elder in central Somalia said the rural areas near the coastal district of Harardere are the most hit, and people began to die of hunger and lack of water. He has appealed for an urgent humanitarian assistance from the international aid agencies and the federal government to help the drought effected families in the region.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 this suggests the problem is cyclical, not the result of man-driven global warming, and is therefore amenable to long-term planning coupled with major cultural changes to allow successful execution of said plans Cyclical, and political. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-01-21 17:36 |
| #5 Barbara, You've got me by a couple of years but I remember the starving Armenians too. Oh yeah and the Indians. Haven't heard much about them lately in that regard. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-01-21 16:00 |
| #4 I'm 70 years old. I can remember when I was young child hearing about The Starving Children In Africa and The Starving Children in China. We were supposed to send money, of course. It was Our Christian Duty. Haven't heard that about China in decades. Still hearing about it in Africa (and probably will for the next 100 years, if nothing changes). Gee, I wonder why that is? :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2017-01-21 14:21 |
| #3 It's a Horn of Africa problem -- Ethiopia is experiencing the drought, too. Given many of us can remember the last time that part of the world experienced drought-induced famine, this suggests the problem is cyclical, not the result of man-driven global warming, and is therefore amenable to long-term planning coupled with major cultural changes to allow successful execution of said plans. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-21 14:12 |
| #2 Yup - Ima all outta fucks to give. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-21 12:08 |
| #1 Another source of compassion fatigue. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-01-21 08:17 |