{"id":2760,"date":"2019-04-17T12:14:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2019-04-20T14:08:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T14:08:47","slug":"families-moving-to-ethiopia-as-livestock-die-in-drought-bakool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/04\/17\/families-moving-to-ethiopia-as-livestock-die-in-drought-bakool\/","title":{"rendered":"Families moving to Ethiopia as livestock die in drought: Bakool"},"content":{"rendered":"

HUDUR (SoOHA) –<\/strong> Large numbers of people have been displaced and livestock have died in severe drought conditions being witnessed in part of Bakool region in Somalia\u2019s South West state.<\/p>\n

The local authorities in Qurajome, in the north-eastern part of Elbarde district, say the situation is deteriorating as the rains have failed consecutively.<\/p>\n

Qurajome chief, Abdi Fatah Sheikh Mohamud, told Radio Ergo by phone that a team of officials had visited the affected areas to assess the situation and what they saw was very concerning.<\/p>\n

He listed the areas worst affected asSiga, Dhagahtur, Elkuusaw, Ahmed-Koray, Adan-Komad, Abeesale, Igay, Dhalosha and Burgabo villages, across a wide part of the district close to the Ethiopian border.<\/p>\n

Mohamud said he saw many animals that had died due to lack of water and fodder and the people who remained were struggling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe visited the affected areas on 10th April and we witnessed a deteriorating situation. Most people have moved out of their villages with some left on the brink of death.Animal carcasses are scattered everywhere,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n

According to Mohamud, a total of 18 boreholes in these villages have dried up following consecutive seasons of drought.\u00a0 Most of the families living in the area have migrated over the border into Ethiopia in search of water.<\/p>\n

The chief of Siga, Mohamed Abdullahi Nur, said that 220 families from his village have moved away because there is no water.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sun is overhead, people have no water and food, the livestock started dying one after another,\u201dthe chief told Radio Ergo\u2019s regional reporter by phone.<\/p>\n

Nur\u2019s own family has gone to Ethiopia to find water.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am the only member of my family remaining here with a few other families. The only borehole in the village has dried up because it hasn\u2019t rained for years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Habibo Abdi Ali, who lives in Sansay village, 40 km from Qurajome town,told Radio Ergo that she lost eight of her 15 animals leaving her worried about the fate of the remaining ones.<\/p>\n

She said her hope to get pasture and water for the livestock has been ebbing away for the last four years of consecutive rain failure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot afford to buy water from tankers. It costs three dollars for a 20 litre container of water \u2013 I have no money so we are going to die of thirst,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Isack Ali Kakow in Dhagatur village said he lost 30 animals forcing him to reach the decision to move with the remaining livestock to another area.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are weakened by the drought, those who are able to go on foot from this area have opted to go somewhere else. Those with livestock moved to Ethiopia to save them.\u00a0 We are suffering, may god shower us with his mercy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Source: Radio Ergo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HUDUR (SoOHA) – Large numbers of people have been displaced and livestock have died in severe drought conditions being witnessed in part of Bakool region in Somalia\u2019s South West state. The local authorities in Qurajome, in the north-eastern part of Elbarde district, say the situation is deteriorating as the rains have failed consecutively. Qurajome chief, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-displacement-and-asylum","category-food-security-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t