Somalia (Page 3)

DimplesGuy
DimplesGuy: well the only reason most African countries are so weak and cant take care of their own is because of the western colonizing back in time.
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memberX
memberX: mhm NEOCOLONIALISM !
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zerostate
zerostate: canada always has been colonized by usa and french lolol
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splurrrk
splurrrk: Nuke it from orbit
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HeatherHearts
HeatherHearts: youtube.com/shwangzorz
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sebtheanimal
sebtheanimal: The truth about Somalia is nobody gives a rat's ass about that hellhole. DimpleGuy couldn't be more wrong.
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HeatherHearts
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davidk14
davidk14: September 02, 2011

UN to Announce Somalia Famine Spreading
Gabe Joselow | Nairobi


The United Nations is planning to announce Monday that the famine in Somalia has now spread to the Bay region of the south-central area of the country.


A U.N. official told VOA the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Somalia will announce that 4 million people - more than 50 percent of the population - are now in crisis. The famine is expected to spread further in coming months.


As one of the major food-producing areas of Somalia, the drought in Bay has had far-reaching implications.

The U.N. official says food production in the region has fallen by 82 percent.


Many of the refugees who arrive at the camps in Kenya and Ethiopia, or those who seek help in Mogadishu, come from the Bay region. And aid agencies have had immense difficulty reaching the communities who are still there.


In a release this week, the U.N. noted reports that the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab has restricted movement in the area.


Bashir Mohammed is the Program Director for South Somalia with the Waabi Shebelle Development Association. His group is a partner to Oxfam and works in drought-stricken areas of Somalia, but not in Bay.


He says logistically, it is a very difficult place to work.


“Because of the access issues and, I think, you know, different factions control different areas, it's a challenge to reach, I think, those areas whereby most of the international staff cannot go and maybe agencies, like the local national agencies also don't have the capacity to respond to those regions in terms of responding to the emergency,” said Mohammed.

The United Nations first declared famine in Bakool and parts of the Shabelle regions July 20.


Since then, famine has also been identified in and among the displaced-people's communities of Mogadishu and the Afgoye corridor west of the capital.


U.N. officials stress that the situation in Somalia is dire and will continue to get worse before it gets better.

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davidk14
davidk14: .

Zack,

You speakin to me? The reason I post news about the humanitarian crisis in Somalia is that it is for the people who actually give a shit about their fellow human beings. Some people complain that governments don't do this or that they don't do that. Here is a situation where millions of lives are most likely going to perish from starvation and disease and the world is focused on Libya?

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davidk14
davidk14: You've just been erased.
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sebtheanimal
sebtheanimal: I don't see China worried about Somalia.
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Comrade_
Comrade_: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/195294.html

..maybe you're looking in the wrong places?
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Comrade_
Comrade_: In your naive mind you might think that only the US offers aid but other countries still do.
...maybe they don't get as much media coverage on US media?...who knows, but it's not too much effort to simply google and see what is available.
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sebtheanimal
sebtheanimal: Al-Shabab needs to die before any help will be effective. Over half of this food aid is stolen.
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davidk14
davidk14: .


China Makes Its Largest Donation To WFP For Somalia Famine Relief
Published on 22 August 2011



Beijing – The government of China has made its largest single donation to the work of the United Nations World Food Programme with US$16 million towards the agency’s famine relief operation in Somalia.

Combined with earlier donations, China’s support for WFP is now beyond US$20 million in 2011 alone, and builds on growing support from the country in recent years for WFP’s work fighting hunger around the world.

The donation from China will be directed towards WFP’s food assistance operation in Somalia, where 1.5 million people are currently receiving food rations and where WFP is working to secure access to an additional 2.2 million people in the south, most of which is currently cut off due to insecurity.

Source:
www.
wfp.org/news/
news-release/china-makes-its-largest-donation-wfp-somalia-famine-relief

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On August 10th, the U.N. deputy emergency relief coordinator Catherine Bragg appealed to the international community for $1.3 billion needed urgently to save lives.


If was a nice gesture that China donated $20 million.

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sebtheanimal
sebtheanimal: That was a least expected gesture.
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Comrade_
Comrade_: No, it is an expected "gesture" if you're not ignorant of how other countries donate and send aid...
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sebtheanimal
sebtheanimal: The only ignorance emanates from you. China is full of human rights abuses, this hardly makes them look any better.
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Comrade_
Comrade_: How does China's Human rights relates to their giving of aid? How does China "look" matter in this situation?
You showed yourself to be ignorant of how other countries donate by your " I don't see China worried about Somalia." statement, to prove some idiotic point as to why the anyone should bother with Somalia, when China supposedly isn't doing anything. Which turned out to be false, as they do give aid, but instead of keeping quiet you continue your ignorance. Carry on Seb.
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davidk14
davidk14: .

My issue with the donation from China...$20 million? It's a drop in the bucket considering UN food aid groups need $1.2 billion by the end of this year.

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Comrade_
Comrade_: They donated before and then donated 16 million, so far it added up to the 20 million. Who knows what they'll donate later on?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xko79z_china-s-aid-to-somalia_news

Whatever a country give it is good, I'm sure the people in Somalia have no issue with it..and btw every drop in the bucket should add up in the end.
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Comrade_
Comrade_: http://www.china.org.cn/world/2011-09/02/content_23341933.htm

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-09/02/content_13606020.htm
"China announced earlier that it will offer nearly $70 million in emergency grain aid to the drought-stricken African countries, including a donation of $16 million in cash to the World Food Program to support its famine-relief operations in Somalia"


--It's the latest report on China's aid to Somalia, don't worry David, these things do happen in a process.
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sebtheanimal
sebtheanimal: Trust me I am in no way concerned about Somalia. You should crawl back to your shithole as well Jack or find another hobby.

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