famine

*sigh*

WTF.:mindblown: Why isn't this being dealt with be Konfurians? Look at the comments as well. Typical sociopathic cadaans.

The 2017 deyr has failed and will not be sufficient for food production. Gu and deyr of 2016 failed, and so did the gu of 2017. With the failure of the 2017 deyr this means that it has been 4 rainy seasons since Somalia has had sufficient rainfall for any significant amount of food production...

The US led military operation known as "Operation restore hope" which join a multinational force "UNITAF" saved 100,000 people from starvation.

FAO is saying that the situation is getting even worse, if that is even possible. 3.1 million people are acutely malnourished, or 25% of Somalia's population. Rains not expected until mid October- early November. I think that the majority of the country may be in phase 4 by then...

Imagine Somalis being the descendants of the first humans to invent farming and agriculture. Now imagine that we are a mostly nomadic people who despise farming and suffer from annual droughts and famine...

Every goddamn year, the same.:ohlord:

One of my friends is considering visiting Somalia. She hasn't been there since she was born. But all she keeps hearing from her relatives back home is that 'this is not a good time visit' because of the famine/drought which has plagued the land. Here is a vid capturing the suffering back home...