Canadian Documentary on the 2011 Famine in Somalia

Canadian documentary on the 2011 famine in Somalia. Although famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were declared, the situation remains dire with a third of the population still needing emergency aid. At least 2.34 million people or about a third of the country still need support across Somalia, while hunger will grow in the lean period before the next harvest in the conflict-ridden Horn of Africa nation. "We have less than 100 days to avoid a new famine in the region," Jose Graziano da Silva, the head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). There is serious concern that if Somalis do not have the security to tend their crops and animals, or the freedom to access clean water and food in the markets, the humanitarian situation will deteriorate once again.

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• Somali
• Famine
• Documentary
• Canadian
• Congress
• Somalia
• Canada
• Africa
• Toronto