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It should be banned forever. This lifestyle is backwards, we need more farmers in Somalia.
The drought in Somalia is becoming a famine.
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Prince of Lasanod
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Turning hundreds of thousands of nomads into farmers will seriously change the demographics in the south, and I don't think we are ready to embark on such a journey as of yet.
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It's the only solution. We need a leader that can enforce this change, no ifs no buts. We have enough fertile land that's not being used to feed the nation.
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The drought persits and takes the lives of some 38 people in the Bakool region. The problem worsens as al-shababs continues to strangle the Bakool region with its blockade.
I thought PL and SL were the worst affected, looks like the suffering is being experienced by the entire nation.
I thought PL and SL were the worst affected, looks like the suffering is being experienced by the entire nation.
@AbdiJohnson look at how degraded that land is. I don't think it can support the numbers of people on it even if rains fall regularly. Somalia is at a stage where even if rainfall is average, people will starve due to population growth. Sool cannot support half a million nomads.
What a disaster.
What a disaster.
It's unfortunate. But land degradation can be reversed
Do you know how bad the drought is in regards to death toll?
I would estimate around a few hundred, certainly less than a thousand deaths from hunger and thirst.
I completly agree that land degradation is reversible, but you have to take Somalia's circumstances into account. Where will the money to feed these people come from while grazing land is recovering? Will population not grow while the land is recovering putting it under even greater strain when it is allowed to be grazed again? The whole situation becomes more dire when you realize the country is trapped in a spiral it cannot recover from. It is getting worse, in 6 years we have had 2 droughts worse than Dabadheer in 1974. In a decade this may become a yearly thing, we are running an experiment to see how poor someone can be and still be alive.
The nomadic lifestyle should be done away with. I stayed with my nomadic family for just a day and I could see how harsh the lifestyle is. This was during the summer and they had no water. They had to walk a long distance to get it from fellow relatives. Water bottles.
Maybe the nomads will have to go further south and settle there? Train them to become farmers in Lower Shabelle or Juba.
Did you know 40% of food produced in the United States is never eaten? 1/3 of food produced in the world is wasted or gets bad before it can be eaten.
Prince of Lasanod
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The real natural resources Somalia has is offshore, I've read that it's one of the highest in the whole of Africa. The problem with that is we don't have a navy loyal to the state that can protect our shores, so corrupt MP's can just sell those natural resources for a few pennies that they'll pocket. That's what I'm worried about.
We have in sool region oil
25 APRIL 2014
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Somalia: Forces Take Over Oil-Rich Area in Sool Region
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Garowe — Somaliland's separatist administration on Friday deployed hundreds of its soldiers in the disputed region of Sool amidst looming threats of instability in northern Somalia, Garowe Online reports.
Speaking on Puntland-based independent station, Radio Garowe a local reporter who asked to remain anonymous said that heavily armed Somaliland troops arrived in Holhol village, with units within the forces seizing strategic oil-rich targets.
The secessionist state of Somaliland has signed a production sharing agreement with DNO, a Norwegian oil and gas company.
The president of the secessionist state of Somaliland Ahmed M. Mohamoud Silanyo and Executive Chairman, Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani attended the signing ceremony in Washington DC, on the 22 of April.
The oil deal covers block SL18, located in Sool province of North Somalia.
During the signing ceremony Mossavar-Rahmani added: “This 12,000 square kilometer block adds substantial exploration acreage to DNO International’s portfolio and in an area that is both prospective and undrilled”.
Block SL18 is situated on the Nugaal Valley Basin, a stretch of land that encompasses the provinces of Sool, Sanaag and Ayn, in short the SSC regions, where heavy clashes occurred in Hudun district of Sool province last month between Somaliland forces and Khaatumo State forces.
Somaliland forces have attempted several times to capture Hudun town from Khaatumo State forces based in the town.
Hudun town is situated in the western parts of Sool province, exactly in the center of Block SL18, and remains under the control of Khaatumo State of Somalia.
The DNO deal supports the notion that the war waged by Somaliland against Khaatumo State and the local population is Oil. As long as Block SL18 is under the control of Khaatumo State, and there is opposition from the local population, the war in the SSC region will continue and accelerate, while Somaliland is trying to secure these regions for seismic surveys on the ground and eventually drilling.
The Nugaal Valley Basin has also been sold by Puntland to Horn Petroleum, additionally ConnocoPhilips and Shell possess old oil exploration rights granted by the former Somali government of Major General Mohamed Siad Barre.
The president of the secessionist state of Somaliland Ahmed M. Mohamoud Silanyo and Executive Chairman, Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani attended the signing ceremony in Washington DC, on the 22 of April.
The oil deal covers block SL18, located in Sool province of North Somalia.
During the signing ceremony Mossavar-Rahmani added: “This 12,000 square kilometer block adds substantial exploration acreage to DNO International’s portfolio and in an area that is both prospective and undrilled”.
Block SL18 is situated on the Nugaal Valley Basin, a stretch of land that encompasses the provinces of Sool, Sanaag and Ayn, in short the SSC regions, where heavy clashes occurred in Hudun district of Sool province last month between Somaliland forces and Khaatumo State forces.
Somaliland forces have attempted several times to capture Hudun town from Khaatumo State forces based in the town.
Hudun town is situated in the western parts of Sool province, exactly in the center of Block SL18, and remains under the control of Khaatumo State of Somalia.
The DNO deal supports the notion that the war waged by Somaliland against Khaatumo State and the local population is Oil. As long as Block SL18 is under the control of Khaatumo State, and there is opposition from the local population, the war in the SSC region will continue and accelerate, while Somaliland is trying to secure these regions for seismic surveys on the ground and eventually drilling.
The Nugaal Valley Basin has also been sold by Puntland to Horn Petroleum, additionally ConnocoPhilips and Shell possess old oil exploration rights granted by the former Somali government of Major General Mohamed Siad Barre.
Prince of Lasanod
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These companies make their money by share price increases and sell on options, without ever producing a single barrel of oil. Don't be fooled by these fake reports. The real potential of natural resources in Somalia will only be realized when we have a stable permanent Somali government and an agreement with the major oil companies is formed. Perhaps 10-20 years from now.
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Tbh all natural resources should be largely state-owned. We can allow some FDI into the sector, but the gov't should have overall control to prevent a resource curse.
Drought in Somalia: Time is Running Out
Horn of Africa is in the grips of a drought that has affected nearly half the popation.
Karel Prinsloo | 20 Feb 2017 06:46 GMT | Somalia, Climate Change, Health, Africa
Horn of Africa is in the grips of a drought that has affected nearly half the popation.
Karel Prinsloo | 20 Feb 2017 06:46 GMT | Somalia, Climate Change, Health, Africa
- Somalia with a tube through her nose. She is suffering from severe malnutrition and dehydration. At her side her worried grandmother looks up to explain that Safia first became sick after drinking water from the local well.
"The water had changed colour but we still drank it," says her grandmother. "We stopped after Safia became sick. We brought her to the city because we knew you get could get good treatment here."
They were lucky – seven people from their village are now confirmed dead and the hospital has seen a surge in children suffering from water-borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea.
They are the latest victims of the on-going drought ravaging Somalia that has left more than six million people, half the country’s population, facing food shortages and has seen water supplies become infected with bacteria rendering them undrinkable.
READ MORE: How to tackle repetitive droughts in the Horn of Africa
Last week the United Nations warned that a severe famine in Somalia was a distinct possibility and noted that if the rains failed again and urgent international action was not taken the country could see a repeat of the famine of 2011, which killed more than a quarter of a million people.
"In the worst affected areas inadequate rainfall and lack of water has wiped out crops and killed livestock," the UN said in a statement released last week. "Communities are being forced to sell their assets and borrow food and money to survive."
Aid agencies are particularly concerned that the drought is exacerbating the country's on-going humanitarian crisis - 365,000 children under the age of five are acutely malnourished and 71,000 of those children are in need of urgent life-saving assistance.
"This time last year we had far fewer cases but due to the drought people will use any kind of water," says Dr Abdullah Yusuf, medical coordinator for the Baidoa Regional Hospital.
Somalia heading to famine.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...wards-famine-in-matter-of-weeks-a7590331.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...wards-famine-in-matter-of-weeks-a7590331.html
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