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Famine in Somalia
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Due to drought, floods, and clan warfare a massive famine ravishes the country of Somalia, forcing families to flee from their homes and seek help until foreign intervention can help unite the people of Somalia and make efforts to make the country safe again. With the threat of civil war out of the way, foreign operatives could safely bring in aid to Somalia - in the form of agricultural technology and bulk food. However, until the clan warfare is removed, the problem of drought and overpopulation cannot be dealt with effectively. What may seem like complete shock to the Western world has become a way of life for the inhabitants of this country as they deal everyday with what may seem unthinkable. Most of the world does not fully understand these hunger pains as they live in luxury always having available to them the food of their choice. (causes) The major source of the famine problems is clan warfare, drought, and floods, but also the importance placed on growing cash crops. Due to the drought, 300,000 people are facing famine. It has been a catastrophic time for farmers. Gedoo, Bay and Bakool are in the sorghum belt which should feed southern and central Somalia. But the floods of 1997, which destroyed food stores, have been followed by drought. But they say water is a big problem. In some cases, even when food aid can be delivered to villages, the people cannot stay there because their water supply has finished. Recently, the United Nations World Food Program said food aid was available, but delivery was being severely hampered by continued faction fighting, particularly in Bay and Bakool where the militia loyal to Hussein Aideed is fighting the Rahanwein Resistance Army. The WFP said many parts of the country were too dangerous to work in because food aid trucks were looted and stolen by militiamen. International aid agencies say that almost one-half million people in southern Somalia are threatened with famine because of continued drought. "It is a recurring problem," he said. "I think you have to look at it in the context of the civil war – and understand that each year that there is a crop failure their assets, which is to say their livestock and other things they can sell decrease.
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