Future Of Somalia Research Paper
What Does the Future Hold for Somalia?
Today Somalia is suffering through the worst food shortage since 1992, when 300,000 Somalis died from starvations. On July 20, 2011, the United Nations declared Somalia in a state of famine and Somalia is recognized as the most serious food insecurity in the world with an estimated 3.7 million people already being affected by the famine. Reports from UNICEF indicate one in five children are acutely malnourished. Executive director of UNICEF UK David Bull claims that “almost 500,000 children are suffering from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition” (“Malnourished Lives Under Threat in Africa”). Sadly these are currently the highest malnutrition rates in the world and they continue to worsen. …show more content…
Somalia hasn’t had an effective government since the President Siad Barre was overthrown in Somali Civil War of 1991. “Over the past few years, Somalia’s neighbors have tried to form an interim government bringing together various political and military groups, but the effort has failed to end the fighting,” reports Ugandan journalist Wairagala Wakabi (“Fighting and Drought” 2). Due to the failure of the government and the never ending fighting, the country was once again ranked number one on the Failed States Index, provided by the Fund for Peace and published by the journal Foreign Policy. Somalia was characterized as the poorest and most violent country in the world. According to the article, “For four years in a row, Somalia has held the No. 1 spot, indicating the depth of the crisis in the international community 's longest-running failure” (“The 2011 Index” …show more content…
“There has been a catastrophic breakdown of the world’s collective responsibility,” (“Food Crisis in Somalia” 2) states Fran Equiza, a regional director at Oxfam, one of largest aid organizations. He continues his statement saying, “the warning signs have been seen for months, and the world has been slow to act” (“Food Crisis in Somalia”2). The United States has already taken action by creating a government organization called Feed the Future in 2008. Feed the Future initially started out as a $22 billion project but was cut to $3.5 billion as donators withheld their money due to the hardship faced in the 2010 economy (“Food Crisis in Somalia” 3). This project helps poor countries fight hunger by investing agricultural development into the
Today Somalia is suffering through the worst food shortage since 1992, when 300,000 Somalis died from starvations. On July 20, 2011, the United Nations declared Somalia in a state of famine and Somalia is recognized as the most serious food insecurity in the world with an estimated 3.7 million people already being affected by the famine. Reports from UNICEF indicate one in five children are acutely malnourished. Executive director of UNICEF UK David Bull claims that “almost 500,000 children are suffering from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition” (“Malnourished Lives Under Threat in Africa”). Sadly these are currently the highest malnutrition rates in the world and they continue to worsen. …show more content…
Somalia hasn’t had an effective government since the President Siad Barre was overthrown in Somali Civil War of 1991. “Over the past few years, Somalia’s neighbors have tried to form an interim government bringing together various political and military groups, but the effort has failed to end the fighting,” reports Ugandan journalist Wairagala Wakabi (“Fighting and Drought” 2). Due to the failure of the government and the never ending fighting, the country was once again ranked number one on the Failed States Index, provided by the Fund for Peace and published by the journal Foreign Policy. Somalia was characterized as the poorest and most violent country in the world. According to the article, “For four years in a row, Somalia has held the No. 1 spot, indicating the depth of the crisis in the international community 's longest-running failure” (“The 2011 Index” …show more content…
“There has been a catastrophic breakdown of the world’s collective responsibility,” (“Food Crisis in Somalia” 2) states Fran Equiza, a regional director at Oxfam, one of largest aid organizations. He continues his statement saying, “the warning signs have been seen for months, and the world has been slow to act” (“Food Crisis in Somalia”2). The United States has already taken action by creating a government organization called Feed the Future in 2008. Feed the Future initially started out as a $22 billion project but was cut to $3.5 billion as donators withheld their money due to the hardship faced in the 2010 economy (“Food Crisis in Somalia” 3). This project helps poor countries fight hunger by investing agricultural development into the