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SOMALILAND: President appeals for urgent aid as drought ravages nation
June 24, 2012 · 26 Comments
HARGEISA — President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo on Sunday issued an emergency appeal for international aid saying his unrecognized country is suffering its worst drought, devastating four main regions.
“The situation is very critical with reports of lack of water, food shortages and infectious disease outbreak,” he said in a press release in Hargeisa.
The president said an estimated 20,000 people are affected by a severe drought in the regions of Awdal, Salal, Sahil and eastern Sanaag. He added the suffering is extreme along the coastline where rains did not fall for more than three years.
The president warned without immediate local, regional and international response, the suffering could rapidly spread.
Mr Silanyo said he received the reliable reports from his regional administrations, aid agencies, various government departments and the public.
“Livestock have been completely wiped out and thousands are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Many more families have been displaced and are now gathering around towns and villages including Garbo Dadar, Gargaara, Waraqa Dhigta, Alixaydh, Eel lahelay, Fadhi Xun, Eelgaal, Fiqi Adan, Geerisa, Bulahaar, Hagal, Berbera, Beeyo Dhaadheer, Raarida Buur, Laas-dhuure and villages beyond Huluul,” he said.
He declared that these communities need an urgent humanitarian assistance including water, food, medicine and shelter. “Unless aid reaches these people, there is fear many of them will not make it due to hunger and thirst specially the weak including children and the elders,” he warned.
“I am requesting the help of the international community, United Nations, local NGOs, aid agencies and the Somaliland community to assist us,” he appealed.
Somaliland faces the worst drought in many years after largely escaping from last year’s famine that ravaged neighbouring Somalia and parts of Kenya and Ethiopia.
Last year Somaliland raised more than $700,000 for the famine appeal in Somalia. There is no doubt this time again they will rise up to the challenge and help those in need.
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June 24, 2012
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I thought only south of somalia starve. well mother nature she doesn’t know or discriminate whether south-north-central. it’s time to help our people who effected This drought & urge mr silanyo to come out ask The world help so These can be saved.
It's not good to politicize something like this but I doubt any help will come from "Somalia" for these people even though when it comes to playing the political card they like to claim it. We should also see the one man Awdal State.
The TFG should appeal to the international community and share some of the aid donated to them because this is a region they claim is part of their "country" but they not willing to give any.
This is what confuses me and differentiates those who are seeking real unity and those with other motives. Markan uun bad kala garan doonta in your hour of need.
I doubt TFG will donate even a cup of water.
@kayse.
It’s The responsibility all somalis and islamic world first. well TFG should send something There are enough food warehouses in mogadishu to feed 5 million donated by rest of The world.
AID agences must go directly where The drought is. never allow aid donated in The hands of corrupted officials They will sell open market.
* steal = sell
There is no time for to say i told you so, we have to help those poor ppl whether they from somalia or somaliland. The bigger picture is we helping them in dunya n they will help us inreturn in Akhira. ALLAHASWT is trying to tell us we have neclected our ppl cuz we are to busy to hate each other cuz of qabil. Shame on us Somalis everywhere around the world
stupid creatures thinking everything is about qabil and political, whats drought have to do with being northern or sourthern… rain is a blessing from Allah, lets all pray it rain soon and do whateva we can do to help those suffering from drought
Sweetie because we were so busy cuz of qabil we forgat about our Deen and to take care of our ppl. I read somewere when ALLAH SWT is happy He let rain, when He is happier He brings visite and when He is at happiest a dauther will born. It has not rain in East Africa for a long time what does it tell you?
somaliaqueen trueee babe :)
I agree with you with the Praying to Allah, but girl you are full of contradictions. On one hand you want to kill people and support a terrorist organization who kills innocent people and on the other you talk about prayer. How can conciliate those two things. Don’t you know how bad that is!
Cimraan am only against , warlord Mr Sii'laanyo and the king of parites mr Faroole and thier terrorist group who terrorising peaceful regions and the ocean.. they hide behind somaliland ban or safegurding the somali sea… in order to hijack innocent civilians they tell stories about Barigii Siad Barre Garoowe school lagama dhisin or Barigii Siad Barre Burco dhugayey. Somali people in every region are tired of this dhag-dheer fiction story and will soon restore somalia unity without forcing anybody against thier will..
How you plan to accomplish that. two, who are the Somali people you talking about. three, You regard the Faqa666sh story as fiction. You are not making sense. At least the snake head with all his buffoonish chatter one can see where he is going with things. you on the other hand, you are a lost sole. OR a hard core Faqa666sh in sheep disguise. I think you’re just the latter.
loool am not planing to do anythin evil I know my northern people will do the right thing and won't isolate themselves any longer. lost sole huh hun u got it wrong on this one i know exactly where I stand even if the world turns upside down… I will always support one united somalia, Awdal to kismayo…. but this topic isnt about political, so lets just give a rest, shell we??
btw i dont find the word ''Faqash'' offensitive.. it sounds very sexy and whoeva came up with was dead smart. lol
Thanks Barry I was just wondering is the Somalia criiss a population explosion issue, or is it a natural disaster when drought sweeps across the land, wiping out all the nation’s food?
Asking anything from the west comes with a huge and often destructive price. If I were him, I would turn to the Arabs and the Somalis in the Diaspora, iam sure together they can feed 20,000 people easily.
There has to be a solution to this recurring problem. Why can't the FAO in timely fashion predict drought zones? If there are incapable of doing so, I urge the governments in the area to train local meteorologists who have vested interest in the well-being of their people. Advance notice of a severity of a drought enables contingency plans to be set in motion.
I sometimes wonder if the United Nations agencies, NGOs and others have ulterior motive to the crisis – the worse the situation gets the more they appeal for aid and the more resources they get to use or misuse. Beating the drums for aid sounds more appealing for the aid agencies when whole towns are devoid of people and animal carcasses are littered on the sides of the road. At a critical junction there are less strings attached to the money and therefore more goes into their personal pockets by way of salary and benefits.
Just few hundred miles to the west, Ethiopia has the second biggest hydropower potential in Africa after DR Congo. I am sure there is a solution that benefits all parties in order to alleviate drought in Djibouti, Somaliland, Somali-Galbeed and Somalia.
Waxaan ka xumahay in aanu Madaxweynu halkaa ka iclaami IN waddann koo dhan laga tukaddo ROOBDOON. Baryoo ALLA LOO JEEDIYA. BANI AADAM WAXBA KUMA Hayo.
roobdoon Hala tukado.
somaliland diaspora your help is needed in awdal and salal end of its time for action
We must all stand up to help our people in those draught affected regions. In fact it is high time southern Somalia reciprocates for yesterday's good gesture of our people in the north and remember that they donated more 1 million dollars for the famine stricken Somali regions. Somalis everywhere regardless of region were following "feedsomalia" on twitter and donated a lot to our people in the south at the height of the famine. Let us do the same this time and come to the aid of our people.
This is not politics but is about saving lives. The TFG must share with northern Somalia the international aid that is pouring into southern Somalia without resorting to politics and brinkmanship.
Like Kayse said, I have very little faith that the people of southern Somalia and Shiikh Shariif will act courageously and responsibly this time when it matters most.
It is also really a shame that our people face these recouring draughts and climate conditions without planning and mobilization of all our resources.
Shiek Shariif and his cronies are not gonna come to the aid of Somaliland. Also the so called International community will not honer the succession of Somaliland, because they want Somaliland to remain under the control of of Sheik Shariif and his war lords. I hope God give Somaliland a relief from this nasty drought, sine the world community have ignored Somaliland for the last 21 years.
I’m appalled at of you. what you guys are talking about. Here is a regime and its head demon who turned the army who supposed to protect the people on them just the like the Faqa666sh regime did. There is nothing worse than that to happen to any people. My heart and prayer are with the Syrian people. I hope turkey eradicate the Faqa666sh regime in Syria. I hope the people of Syria will get their rights and independence back. I hope Assad and his cronies go to where Affweyne and his cronies are.
20000? i think we can feed them and even shelter them within 2 weeks and i believe this is good chance for us southerners to do something back after somaliland donated 0.7 million last time we have to show them too that we love our brothers in the north. i myself will write to the TFG and radiomuqdisho there is atleast $5 million worth of tons of food parked in mogadishu port. they feed 400 000 people daily between afgoye and mogadishu surely that can easily do for 20000!
The president of Somaliland is appealing to the local NGO agencies and to the world that some areas of Somaliland are in urgent need due to seasonal droughts. His official release on public is intended to accelerate a reaction, particularly, from the Somalilanders around the world to dig their pockets and assist their brother and sisters affected by this phenomena. Thus, we should put our political stripes aside for now and get mobilized our efforts collectively to help those in need..
Osman Qaal
For everyone complaining about tribe and how bad it is—news flash—the reason Somaliland works and Somalia doesn't is because Somalia has tried (unsuccessfully) to move past tribe will Somaliland has accepted tribe as an integral part of Somali society, and has incorporated it into it's political system.
As a Somali your tribe is everything. Turn your back on it and you're doomed to fail.
I came across I bunch of confused Somali kids talking about anti-tribalism movement—I looked at them like they were crazy. When you're Somali you learn about tribe when you learn your ABC's. Tribe is our way of ife—we may as well accept it and use it like in Somaliland and not to deny it's existence like in Somalia yet continue to fight and kill along tribal lines.
Those young people arent against tribilism but qabyaalat(spelling). There is a difference .prophet muhamed(pbh) warn us about tribilism and nationalism killing the heart and such people who indulge themselves in it to hurt one another will be losers in the next life. Allah gave us tribes and different enthinicites to recognise one another.These children know this, and are fighting against qabyalet since it is destroying Somalia.
As for the draught in Somaliland—we Somalilanders have always taken care of our own. During the 1980's when we faced genocide—Somalilanders in the diaspora would send a portion of their monthly paychecks home to help support the war effort.
If Silanyo had let the people of Somaliland know how bad the situation was from the beginning he would never have had to beg foreigners.
Jama,
You've used a fascinating twist in terms of tribe and political system in Somaliland but tribal matters don't have any relevancy in today's world. The only purpose a tribe can be used is to know where you originally came from so your offspring can trace their heritage if a need arises, for instance if one desires to find out if there're respected people or perhaps certain diseases in your family back in the days and so. I don't see though the parallel between tribe and politics.
I'd appreciate if you could elaborate on your theory by what you meant "As a Somali your tribe is everything. Turn your back on it and you're doomed to fail " it sounds off the cuff statement to me.
Osman Qaal