Wednesday 6 October 2010

Somalia: Shortage Of Water as wells run dry

Baidao, Somalia (AHN) - People in the Dinsor district of the Bay region in southern Somalia are facing a shortage of water as many wells in the region ran dry, a militant official said Wednesday.
Sheikh Hussein Sheikh Yusuf, Al Shabaab’s chairman of the Dinsor district, said many wells had dried up as people and domestic animals in the villages of Dinsor had been severely affected by a shortage of water.
Yusuf said displaced people from Mogadishu’s protracted violence are the most vulnerable.
“What made this more serious is that the atmosphere or temperature is very hot. Those areas [were] previously hit by severe drought,” said Yusuf, mentioning that many domestic animals had died of thirst.Read More


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