Somalia Research Paper

In our modern days, the world has developed to a high extent. The world has now become inter-connected with everything at reach at a blink of an eye. Globalization has had an important role in connecting the world together. Although the world has experienced an immense development, some places around the globe remain marginalized and undeveloped due to several factors. The huge gap between the developed and the undeveloped/poor countries raises questions that many people around the world don’t understand. Most of these undeveloped lands reside in Africa. For example, Ethiopia and Somalia. Two weeks ago a flood occurred in Ethiopia destructing many homes and killing several people. This flood had a lot of negative consequences on people in Ethiopia
Most of the residents of Somalia, are facing hunger crisis, malnutrition, and are in deep need of humanitarian assistance. Nearly 40 percent of the populations are in need of livelihood support. The flood had severely affected 650,000 people leaving them with death, hunger, diseases, and malnutrition. Moreover, all the neighboring countries of Somalia have been affected by the drought, around 16 million people to be exact. As a result of the drought, Awdal and Selel, are the worst affected regions of Somalia. According to OCHA, UN’s emergency aid coordination body, there is a need of $105 million in order to save those with critical conditions. If these funds are not available soon, the consequences will be severe. Many pastoralists have been searching far away for grazing. Many transporters have returned to their areas of origin because there is no food. “People are walking from the Guban plateau… toward the southern Oogo [mountains] after they lost all of their animals,” said Muhumed Abdi, from Gerisa village in Selel region. “They are leaving behind whatever dies – whether human being or animal.” I think that the drought and famine has always been available, but with the flood it has risen. I believe that this rise was due to the lack of actions taken to eliminate the famine that was available
Losing all they owned in the flood will result to death cases from famine. One of the citizens, Hamda Osman, stated that she lost 18 cattle. In addition, to the lack of water that increases the problems and hardship of living. The lack of food and water wasn’t an enough struggle to the citizens of the Somaliland. Moreover, the health issue was in a rock-bottom state. Measles has spread and there was no money for curing the patients. The basic needs of any human being are food, water and a hygienic housing. These are basic human rights that are not found in their homeland. For instance, in most developed countries, they have an excess amount of food and clean water and they would never leave their citizens without these basic