There is a severe famine affecting major parts of Somaliland, a self-proclaimed independent region of Somalia. The famine caused by absence of rainy season, which is the life line of pastoral communities has tormented the entire eastern regions as well as western parts of Somaliland. The loss of life in both nomadic people and their livestock has reached a disproportionately high level (that's) never seen before in that part of the world. It is a tragic thing to see lifeless bodies of livestock such as cows, camels, sheep and goats which fell victim to thirst and hunger caused by the lack of rain. In the last two weeks there are numerous reports of women, children and elderly people succumbed to these very conditions. Until recently, the conditions in the western and southern parts of Somaliland were relatively better. This was thanks to moderate rain fall in those regions as well as sufficient reservoir of water and presence of livestock vegetation. These resou...
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