Case study: Famine in Somalia July 2011- Feb 2012 In 2011 there was extended drought in the horn of Africa and Somalia was the worse effected. The combination of this drought and the conflict that had been going on for 20 years cause people to leave the country in mass‚ around 3‚000 people a day‚ to get to refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia. Causes Political: Most of southern Somalia is controlled by the al-Shabab Islamist group‚ which refused international aid organisations
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Somalia is a nation in eastern Africa. It is situated on the coast of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden‚ along the projection land known as the Horn of Africa. The region was famed in ancient times for its frankincense and myrrh‚ fragrant substances derived from trees. Modern Somalia came into being in 1960‚ with the union of the former colonies of British and Italian Somaliland. THE PEOPLE. The Somalis are thought to be descended from African and Arab peoples. Almost all speak the Somali language
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Since 1839 Somalia has had one type of conflict or another because of where is sits on the Horn of Africa. The natural ports Somalia has was always an attractive coastline for those sailing from India. But the interior of Somalia where left to their own devices. The British‚ French‚ Italians and Ethiopians have all laid claim to parts of Somalia at different times throughout history. Somalia as a country has never truly be run by one leader with the country’s best interests in mind. With the
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come across or face. It was not though; the presentation was a real experience. In a sense‚ it could have been too real. Somalia is a country that is located on the far east of Africa. This country is in a region known as the “Horn of Africa”. Somalia is in the center of what is said to be the worst drought in Africa in over 60 years. With most of the country side being couple empty and home to absolutely nothing‚ the region has been officially declared as one of the few famines areas in world
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of people during the drought in east Africa could have been avoided if the international community‚ donor governments and humanitarian agencies had responded earlier and more swiftly to clear warning signs that a disaster was in the making‚ according to a new report. Figures compiled by the Department for International Development (DfID) suggest that between 50‚000 and 100‚000 people‚ more than half of them children under five‚ died in the 2011 Horn of Africa crisis that affected Somalia‚ Ethiopia
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Q: To what extent were human factors responsible for a recent named famine? Ethiopian Famine By: Myra Boentaran Ethiopia is a country located in the Horn of Africa (a peninsula in Northeast Africa) and is bordered by Eritrea to the north and northeast‚ Djibouti and Somalia to the east‚ Sudan and South Sudan to the west and Kenya to the south. Ethiopia has a population of 87.9 million and is the second most populated nation on the African continent. 84% of the
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Natural Hazards Drought 2011 East Africa Drought The East Africa drought began in late 2010‚ when rains that usually fall between October and December did not arrive. The East Africa Drought affected most parts of Kenya‚ Ethiopia and Somalia. This lack of rain continued through 2011‚ driving food prices to unprecedented amounts. Due to two farming seasons being missed‚ many could not afford to buy food and fodder from more fertile areas. Approximately 12.4 million people were facing food
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to the position one occupies in the social ladder of global citizenship. Is the Somali person the new “nigger” of the Horn of Africa as much as the narrator in Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” was the “nigger” of America (Harlem) prior to the 1960s civil rights struggle of that country? No doubt the daily grinding and experiences of contemporary Somali in the Horn of Africa and a Negro in Harlem in the 1960s are similar‚ if one can only conveniently ignore the time difference and historical context
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for 2 things. One is that it is powerful in Scrabble (yo SOWPOD people!) and the other is that it is infamous in the Horn of Africa. So here is a short essay on Qat‚ since i have too much time while seated on long distance buses. Qat‚ or chat‚ or tchat (pronounced chart)‚ also known by its scientific name of catha edulis is a plant cultivated in the highland regions of eastern Africa and the Arabian peninsula. Grown at altitudes of 1500m to 2800m‚ the 2m shrubs are grown mainly in Ethiopia‚ Yemen
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“[J]ihad united Somali clans against a common enemy‚ the foreign “infidels‚” Ethiopian and European‚” according to Fae Miller in a study on the influences of Islam on Somali society (p. 58). While Jihad is only one aspect of Islam; Somalia has been a predominately Muslim country for centuries. It is impossible to examine Somali culture without appreciating the power of clan dynamics and religion and how pervasive they are. Miller’s observation depicts how Islam has been a unifying force susceptible
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