29,000 Children Killed In Somalia

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source:wrestlezone

 

[the dark knight]

did she mention how much does she take it up the cough cough ?

 

[monkeystyle]

Has she mentioned that her band really, really sucks?

 

[Maloney]

haha her band does suck.

 

[No More Sorrow]

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The drought and famine in Somalia have killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5, according to U.S. estimates, the first time such a precise death toll has been released related to the Horn of Africa crisis.

The United Nations has said previously that tens of thousands of people have died in the drought, the worst in Somalia in 60 years. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, a statistic that suggests the death toll of small children will rise.

Nancy Lindborg, an official with the U.S. government aid arm, told a congressional committee in Washington on Wednesday that the U.S. estimates that more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 have died in the last 90 days in southern Somalia. That number is based on nutrition and mortality surveys verified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The U.N. on Wednesday declared three new regions in Somalia famine zones, bringing the total number to five. Out of a population of roughly 7.5 million, the U.N. says 3.2 million Somalis are in need of immediate lifesaving assistance.

Getting aid to Somalia has been made more difficult because al-Qaida-linked militants control much of the country's most desperate areas. Al-Shabab has denied that a famine is taking place, and won't give access to the World Food Program, the world's biggest provider of food aid.

Tens of thousands of refugees have fled south-central Somalia in hopes of finding food at camps in Ethiopia, Kenya and in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been donated to fight the hunger crisis, but the U.N. says it needs hundreds of millions more.

The Associated Press

 

[Hoss]

I posted this on another board and I'm just copying it here because I don't feel like retyping and rewording it all, but:

We're in no position to help people, but we do and its all kind of useless in the end if you ask me. The whole world still acts like we're a bunch of inconsiderate dickwads (for the most part) and these kids are still going to be dying no matte how much support we chip in for them. And then on the other side, if we don't, we're going to be seen as even bigger douchebags, but at this point in our economy I could care less. This will probably be taken the wrong way but at the end of the day, I'll be damned if our country goes down the tube for a nation destined for disaster. I do care for Africa and their troubles but why lose my wellbeing for a country that will almost certainly be forever engulfed in disease and plague.

There are countries out there 50 times older than us and with 100 times the economy we've got that aren't really having a presence in helping aid third world countries (I'm looking at you Scandinavian countries) and I'm generally sick us playing big brother all the time when we can't afford it as a nation or as citizens.

Sorry if you disagree but that's just the way I look at it.

 

[NotReallyaGoodUN]

What's with all the depressing news in this section?