Great Hunger Crisis In Somalia

Before giving the people priests, soldiers and teachers, it would be opportune to know if you are not starving. Leo Tolstoy

Not only in our countries and Central American in sight and feel the hunger, misery, but also in other continents, where his presence is more grim, worried by what it represents, especially in? Africa

Somalia is a nation without institutions or law. Transparency International has ranked the most corrupt in the world. The most impoverished of the world also.

It is very sad, sad reality of Somalia, if we are interested in this opportunity, which is facing a devastating famine, causing many deaths, as is well known and they have written and publicized some, like Catherine Ashton, high Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the EU, in a statement that the European Union (EU) that "Faced with the worst drought in 60 years, more than 12 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and urgently need food Djiboutian , water and shelter. The situation is serious and is a moral obligation of the international community to offer help.

"The EU continues to work with its partners? Africa and the world and urges those involved in international donor conference of the African Union in Addis, Ababa on August 25 to do the same," stressed the head of the European diplomacy.

It is also said that:

The EU has mobilized 158 million euros in aid for this year, while the 27 Member States have provided 440 million euros. These funds have been used to provide food, medical care, water and sanitation. The aid has been distributed throughout the Horn of? Africa, in Somalia itself and in the largest refugee camp in the world, Dadaab (in eastern Kenya). Europeatambién Union has analyzed the causes of famine and has launched programs in the areas of preparedness and drought prevention, agriculture, rural development and security alimentaria.Se has committed a further 680 million euros in aid to the region until 2013 to work on these áreas.La UEtambién intensify its dialogue with African partners to mitigate the effects of drought adversaries and promote resistance through better management of the countries and governments

It is troubling to learn, as señala20minutos.es/noticia, which the UN has warned that the worst of the humanitarian crisis in Somalia is coming famine

The agency has requested more compromisoa the international community to defuse the situation, while once again asked the Somali authorities to strengthen their authority in the country.

"We expect further deterioration of their high levels of acute malnutrition and mortality, as well as rising grain prices and a growing season of low rainfall," said Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs UN, Catherine Bragg

Shocked to learn that there are five areas in which the international body has declared the famine and where there are 3.2 million people who need "immediate aid to save lives."

"The magnitude of the crisis is even greater today than a week ago," he assured to the fifteen members of the Diplomatic Council, Deputy head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

The deputy general secretary in his appearance has urged the international community to move forward with their contributions to assist people hit by famine and drought in Somalia and pointed out the number needed to save thousands of lives at risk: 1,300 million.

He indicated that the UN and its partners are negotiating with local authorities and communities in areas controlled by fundamentalist Islamic militia Al Shabab terrorist network linked to Al Qaeda, to take the necessary humanitarian assistance to areas most affected by famine .

It is public knowledge that nearly 1.2 million children are affected by hunger. Humanitarian organizations can not keep up and criticized the lack of increased mobilization of the international community.

Given this reality, he says. Radialistas.net, there hunger in Somalia. Thousands flee every day to the capital, Modadiscio. To Kenya, to anywhere. In the last three months have killed 30 000 children from starvation. 800 000 more are doomed to die within días.Hambre in Somalia and cynicism in the rich countries. A B-2 bomber costs 2.400 million. With the price of a single plane B-2 could eat 800 000 Somali children, those sentenced to death by starvation. Could eat for five years.The countries that were plundered Somalia England, Italy and France. These three countries have an annual military budget of 200 billion dollars. Relinquish only 1 percent of that military spending, only 1 percent could save the lives of all children in Somalia.

Somalia definitely is the worst drought in 60 years. The people of this country at the African Horn, east of the continent, have left their regions bound for neighboring countries like Kenya, Ethiopia and Yitubi in search of food and humanitarian assistance. Somali Refugee camps are samples of the tragedy: only in Dollo Ado (in Ethiopia) killed eight people per day for every 10,000 inhabitants.

To this is added the sad reality that Somalia has semana.com as expounded in the midst of an armed conflict for 20 years that remains divided into small states and without a central government. Humanitarian access in many areas is difficult due to insecurity and the most serious situation prevailing in the center and south. The terrorist group Al Shabab is largely responsible for the humanitarian crisis. The Al-Shabab extremists have killed men who tried to escape the famine and their families, arguing that it is better to die of starvation than accept help from the West. Given this reality, the World Food Programme says UN can not reach the 2.2 million people requiring assistance in the areas controlled by extremists in southern Somalia due to insecurity. "Al Shabab is affecting us more than hunger and drought. They have kidnapped all the men to fight for them. And do not let the hungry population approaching areas controlled by the government for help," said Haji Ali Osman, a Somali elder.

The UN reported that both Al-Shabab and allied militias to the Somali Transitional Federal Government are recruiting children as soldiers in the camps no longer cope. Somalia is now "one of the worst cases" of child soldiers in the world.

It is also noted that Somalia is considered one of the world's most dangerous places for humanitarian workers. According to Oxfam, in 2008 alone more than 30 of his colleagues died this country (most of them Somalis) and over 20 were abducted. Besides the lack of foresight of the consequences of drought, as stated by the representative of the UN refugee agency disjointed work prevents NGOs efforts have an impact on the needs of the population. "There are enormous logistical difficulties of access and security, but also the lack of funds."