 A severe drought in and around Somalia has left up to 2.1 million people in urgent need of assistance, a group monitoring food availability in the region has reported.
| Sorry. Been there, done that, got the casualties to show for it. |
The victims, many of whom fled their homes to escape militia violence, suffer from severely restricted access to food and income, the Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU), part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Programme, said.
| I'm sure there are lots of holy men around to comfort them, though... |
Its report released on Friday blamed the situation on poor crop and livestock production, limited markets for their labour and produce, loss of cereal and livestock assets, and deteriorating terms of trade as a result of rising cereal prices and falling livestock prices. In the North, Central and Southern Regions of Somalia an estimated 1.7 million people are facing acute food and livelihood crisis or humanitarian emergency at least until June, the FSAU said after a visit to the country last month. An estimated 380,000 people who fled their homes to escape the violence in anarchic Somalia also need help, according to the group which works with UN, US and European aid groups.
| If you're that crummy at managing a country, perhaps you need to hire somebody else to do it for you. |
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