Is Darfur Killing Somalia?
Jeffrey Gettleman -- one of the rare journalists to have covered this crisis during the past years -- reported in late 2007 that Somalia's "situation has included floods, droughts, locusts, suicide bombers, roadside bombs and near-daily assassinations" in addition to punctual famines and widespread malnutrition. Yet, he wrote, "Unlike Darfur, where the suffering is being eased by a billion-dollar aid operation and more than 10,000 aid workers, Somalia is still considered a no-go zone." Why is that?
Read about more of the reasons why Somalia remains an unknown crisis here.
Andrew D. Bishop
Andrew is a graduate of the London School of Economics currently working for the think tank branch of a leading non-profit foundation in Geneva, Switzerland. He was also a young freelance journalist and the founder, director, and editor of Leader's Talk, a platform dedicated to covering interviews given by world leaders on a daily basis. Andrew blogs at What You Must Read
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