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Somaliland declares emergency over drought


Drought. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 15Abdirkhaman Abidlahi Ismail, vice president of the formally northern region of Somalia and the de facto unrecognized state of Somaliland, declared a drought emergency throughout the territory. According to the authorities, the drought was caused by insignificant rainfall during the rainy seasons, as a result of which water resources were dried up region and pasture. The number of local residents who need assistance due to the drought is now about 810 thousand people, but in the coming months, according to authorities, more than 1.2 million people across the region will find themselves in difficult conditions.Somalia and the Republic of Somaliland signed a reconciliation agreementPresident of Somalia Sharif Sheikh Ahmad, on the sidelines of an international conference on combating piracy in Dubai, signed a reconciliation agreement with the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland in the north of the country. «I declare that the country is in a state of emergency due to drought and I demand from local residents, in the face of urgent and pressing need, to act together to respond to current drought-related emergencies and save lives, restore livelihoods and do something about the deteriorating economic situation of affected (drought — ed.) people», the Vice President said in a statement circulated by Somaliland National Television on Twitter. The Vice President stressed that the situation could worsen if the necessary assistance is not provided, especially to those regions that have been affected by locust infestations, coronavirus and previous episodes of drought. The Somaliland government has already allocated $3 million for needed drought relief measures and to secure «national food supplies.» The Vice President also called on both local residents and business representatives and partners from other countries to help the population in the face of drought. Somalia ceased to exist as a unified state in 1991 with the fall of the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. The international community recognizes the only legitimate authority in the country as the federal government, which controls the capital city of Mogadishu and a number of other areas. The remaining parts of Somalia are under the control of unrecognized state entities or are self-governing territories. In particular, the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland is located in the northern part of the country, and the Puntland region, which declared autonomy in 1998, is located in the eastern part of the country. drought may threaten southern Russia in 2022

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