Famine in Somalia 2017

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Somalia has suffered a drought since spring 2017 that has left more than 6 million people, or around half of the country's population, food shortages and water sources undrinkable due to the risk of infection . According to the US government's Humanitarian Information Unit, over 2.9 million people in Somalia are confronted with acute food insecurity in crisis or emergency situations and need emergency food aid, as in 2016 below-average or no rainfall in many areas reduced crop production and damaged livestock . Somalia say it is facing its seventh consecutive bad harvest and food stability is a big problem. In the rainy season from April to June, there was little to no rainfall in much of Somalia in April. Lack of drinking water has accelerated acute outbreaks of watery diarrhea and cholera. According to forecasts by the UN Children's Fund ( UNICEF ), an estimated 1.4 million children will have to be treated for acute malnutrition in 2017. FEWS NET assumed that 2.9 million people had lived in crisis and emergency situations with acute food insecurity until at least June 2017. In March 2017, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA ), 1.75 million people received international food aid.

reasons

The main reasons for the drought and its serious effects are the instability of the country, constant conflicts and climate change , with extreme weather conditions also playing a role. The El Niño weather phenomenon could also have been a cause of the drought.

Humanitarian situation

On March 4, Somalia's Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire announced that at least 110 people had died of starvation and diarrhea in the Bay region alone .

Richard Trenchard, FAO Representative for Somalia, noted that the situation in many rural areas, particularly Bay and Puntland , was beginning to "look worryingly similar" to the start of the famine in 2010 and 2011.

The International Organization for Migration also warned that early warning signs indicated that a humanitarian crisis of potentially catastrophic proportions could develop unless prompt action was taken.

Hassan Saadi Noor, Save the Children Country Director in Somalia, stated (translated):

“We are on the cusp of a disaster similar to that of 2011 - or worse, as the conditions are now much worse than the start-ups. Back then, a quarter of a million people lost their lives senselessly, and we know that actions at this stage can make a difference. The international community must step forward to ensure that this tragic moment in history does not repeat itself. "

According to Save the Children, there were 8,400 confirmed cases of cholera between January and March that are said to have cost 200 lives. On March 20, according to state media in the semi-autonomous Jubaland region, at least 26 people died of starvation within the last 36 hours.

activities

On February 28, 2017, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed declared the drought a national disaster.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Drought in Somalia: Time is Running Out . Al Jazeera. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Drought - hunger - death
  3. ^ Somalia on the brink
  4. ↑ Hunger and cholera claim over 100 lives in Somalia
  5. ^ A b David McKenzie, Brent Swails: Somalia: 'People are dying..there's no water' . CNN. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  6. ↑ This Is A Worsening Humanitarian Crisis That Shows No Signs Of Slowing . The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  7. ↑ Famine fears rise as Somalia suffers worst drought in decades . Financial Times. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  8. ↑ Hunger crisis in Somalia: Millions of people need help . Daily News. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ Hassan Ali Khaire: Hunger, disease kill 110 in two days . Al Jazeera. 4th March 2017.
  10. ↑ Urgent scale-up in funding needed to stave off famine in Somalia, UN warns . Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ Somalia reaching a 'tipping point' as signs of malnutrition among children worsen ( en ) February 21, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  12. ^ Aid agency warns of surge in cholera cases in Somalia . Xinhua. March 11, 2017.
  13. ↑ Hunger kills dozens in Southern Somalia amid Drought . Shabelle News. March 21, 2017. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 18, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.shabellenews.com
  14. ↑ Somalia declares a 'national disaster' because of the drought . Al Jazeera. 1st March 2017.

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