Africa's Worst Humanitarian Crisis
December 13, 2007
It's not Darfur. It's not eastern Congo. It's not Zimbabwe. The United Nations Children's Fund said in a report last week that SOMALIA has devolved in to Africa's worst human tragedy in Africa right now. The conflict there has been particularly harsh on the children.
Now, I know what you're thinking..."there's no way Somalia could even approach the level of suffering in these other countries." That's what I thought, too, until I read this article.
Here's how the article explains it...
"The conflicts in Sudan’s Darfur region and in eastern Congo may have displaced more people, but international relief efforts in Somalia have faltered in the face of violence that has emptied entire neighborhoods in Mogadishu....
The United Nations Children’s Fund said last week that one-quarter of the refugees around Afgoye were younger than age 5. Both sides are using older boys as combatants, and girls who venture out of the camps risk being raped by freelance militias."
Pray for those in Somalia...both the Somalis and those who bring them aid worker.
Take a look at a few of my posts from a Somali refugee camp earlier this year...
Soccer Dadaab Style
The Children of Dadaab
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