JEFFREY GETTLEMAN – New York Times – Tuesday 19 Aug, 2008
After three seasons of below-average rainfall, the people of central Somalia
are beginning to fear the worst. Safia Ali, mother of five, has not eaten in
seven days. Her 1-year old son, Farhan, has fallen ill. Image: Jehad Nga
DAGAARI, Somalia — The global food crisis has arrived at Safia Ali’s hut.
She cannot afford rice or wheat or powdered milk anymore.
At the same time, a drought has decimated her family’s herd of goats, turning their sole livelihood into a pile of bleached bones and papery skin.
The result is that Ms. Safia, a 25-year-old mother of five, has not eaten in a week. . .
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