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Famine

- October 5 -

onrachelsmind:

I had no idea what was going on in East Africa was quite as bad as it is. It is too easy to get overwhelmed by the seemingly never ending reports of these things. No doubt something fundamental needs to change, but at this moment humanitarian assistance is badly needed. Oxfam’s East Africa appeal is currently providing an emergency response to help out an incredible 3 million people - the world can’t carry on this way.

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk
Children queuing for a meal at a WFP-feeding centre in Somalia's capital Mogadishu

The UN has declared a famine in six regions of Somalia - mostly in al-Shabab areas.

Tens of thousands of people have fled to seek food aid in the capital, Mogadishu, which is ruled by the weak interim government, or in camps in neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia.

Last month, al-Shabab began moving people out of displacement camps, run by local charities in Islamist areas, and returning them to their villages.

The group said it wanted people to prepare land ahead of the rainy season.

But no crops are expected to be ready for harvest until January and aid workers said a massive food distribution operation would be needed for months to come.

The UN estimates that in September half of the four million Somalis in need received food aid. With the Red Cross reaching another million or more, it could mean that three-quarters of the victims of the famine and drought will be helped.

East Africa drought mapSee more at www.bbc.co.uk
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(via truthlite)

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