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It has not rained on Habiba Maow Iman’s farm in southern Somalia for two years. Her animals are dead; her crops failed.

An aerial view shows Iftin Camp for the internally displaced people outside Baradere town, Gedo Region, Jubaland state, Somalia, March 13, 2022.An aerial view shows Iftin Camp for the internally displaced people outside Baradere town, Gedo Region, Jubaland state, Somalia, March 13, 2022.

The Horn of Africa region is facing the driest conditions in more than four decades after three consecutive rainy seasons failed, according to the United Nations’ World Food Program . “We fled from the drought,” she said, surrounded by domed huts built with a patchwork of cloth and plastic sheeting. “Every day I go out and knock every house in the town to beg something for the children to eat.”Global weather patterns indicate that the rains are likely to fail again this year, according to the Famine Early Warning System Network , which has warned that the region could experience its worst drought on record.

 

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Why are they not drilling boreholes and doing irrigation from permanent rivers like Juba and shebelle, growing silage ? Parasitic leadership and international donor community/ non profits who are busy giving people fish instead of catching fish

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