Somalia is located in the north-eastern part of Africa. Famine in Africa has always been an issue. Recently there was a spike in this issue. In 2010 to 2012 there was the Somalia famine.This famine killed nearly 260,000 people in the country. Half of the people who were killed were children under the age of five.The famine was caused by a severe drought. This worsened because of conflict between rival groups who were fighting for power. The number of deaths during the most current famine was higher than the estimated 220,000 people who died during the 1992 famine. Almost all of the cities in Somalia had an effect form the famine. The city of Mudug basically had no deaths from this deadly famine. One city received it worse than others. This
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Lower Shabelle, Mogadishu and the Bay area were hardest hit, with the number of child deaths estimated to have reached 18%, 17% and 13% respectively. The death rates from this deadly drought peaked at 30,000 people a month between May and August 2011. This is when the UN declared famine in the two regions in Somalia, Bakool and L. Shabelle, in July 2011. Throughout the years there were many following repeated warnings of an impending crisis after severe drought and failed harvests. By August, there was reported three more regions who were in a state of famine. These states were, M. Shabelle, Afgoye and parts of Mogadishu. Other parts of Somalia, mostly in the south, were in the grip of a severe food crisis by this time, with high rates of malnutrition. The drought got worse and worse over time. This was the worse drought in the region for sixty years.This drought led to not only human death but also this drought led to livestock deaths, reduced harvests, drops in labour demand and household incomes. Since the harvest was so poor, this drove food prices to extreme levels. Agricultural production is just a quarter of what it normally is, and food prices continue to soar. The situation was compounded by conflict and insecurity in Somalia, which impeded the delivery of food
Lower Shabelle, Mogadishu and the Bay area were hardest hit, with the number of child deaths estimated to have reached 18%, 17% and 13% respectively. The death rates from this deadly drought peaked at 30,000 people a month between May and August 2011. This is when the UN declared famine in the two regions in Somalia, Bakool and L. Shabelle, in July 2011. Throughout the years there were many following repeated warnings of an impending crisis after severe drought and failed harvests. By August, there was reported three more regions who were in a state of famine. These states were, M. Shabelle, Afgoye and parts of Mogadishu. Other parts of Somalia, mostly in the south, were in the grip of a severe food crisis by this time, with high rates of malnutrition. The drought got worse and worse over time. This was the worse drought in the region for sixty years.This drought led to not only human death but also this drought led to livestock deaths, reduced harvests, drops in labour demand and household incomes. Since the harvest was so poor, this drove food prices to extreme levels. Agricultural production is just a quarter of what it normally is, and food prices continue to soar. The situation was compounded by conflict and insecurity in Somalia, which impeded the delivery of food