Saturday, July 9, 2011

BBC News - Horn of Africa drought: Survival of the fittest

BBC News - Horn of Africa drought: Survival of the fittest: "'It's ironic. There is relative peace in Somalia where I live. But we are still fleeing.

'It's because of the drought. We have lost everything now other than these two camels. There is no need to hang on.''

There are actually three camps at Dadaab, which are already overcrowded with more than 370,000 refugees - way more than the 90,000 capacity they were built for.

Aid organisations say they are over-stretched. It can take between seven and 12 days to get the first food rations to the camps"

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