IDPs in Mogadishu wait for coronavirus to kill them due to lack of government

[Crow]

Mogadishu's refugees 'waiting for death' as Covid-19 reaches Somalia

Fears are growing about the spread of coronavirus in camps where few can afford soap, water is rare and social distancing impossible

www.theguardian.com

In the Nabadoon camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Asho Abdullahi Hassan, a 40-year-old mother of seven, has heard about the coronavirus on the radio.

“I am very scared about this deadly virus. I only heard about it from the news. It is like we are waiting for death to come,” she says.
The camp hosts about 3,000 families, most recently displaced from Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region following an intensification of fighting and US airstrikes.

Ma’ow Ali Mohamud, a 56-year-old father of eight in a displacement camp in the Hodan area of Mogadishu, said his priority was food. “We only eat one meal every day. I am not bothered about coronavirus. We are lacking food. We do not have clean drinking water. That is my first priority,” he said.

A neighbour, Maryan Abdi Yarow, 70, said she and her family were without protection against the disease. “My children are malnourished. We do not have access to basic healthcare and now they are saying coronavirus has been confirmed in Somalia. If someone is infected then what can they do? Nothing at all.

“The government cannot even provide us clean water for drinking in this displacement camp. There are only six toilets for 1,000 families here. We are praying to God to help us.”

How long before @embarassing tell us that this is fake news?

 

[AarHawd_7]

Somalia Ilaahay ha u naxriisto

 

[niman]

I just feel for them

 

[abdiwarrior]

My aunt lives in those camps may Allah protect her.

 

[kickz]

If Corona hits bad there, it will devastate regardless of region in Somalia

 

[Louis Vuitton Don]

Man that’s sad. The part where somali moms ran away because of fighting and American airstrikes. Corona would devastate them. Smh.

 

[Adaawe]

It isn't fake news. It's the residents of Mogadishu choice to clear up thier city. Help with security, sanitation, and overall local governace. It's so much the Fed can do when the (some) residents are resisted to change due to benefiting from the chaos of the last 30yrs.