Mogadishu - Somalia is currently facing a drought which started two years ago. A drought in such an underdeveloped agrarian country that also lacks basic sanitation systems means further complications stemming from a lack of food production, subsequent malnutrition, and outbreaks of bacterial diseases such as cholera. In fact, Somalia is currently reporting 200-300 cases of cholera a day. It is a treatable condition, but aid agencies are consistently stifled in getting affected Somalis the care they need because the worst areas hit by the outbreak are in the southern part of the country––areas controlled by the terrorist group called Al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab is a radical Islamist militia which has claimed over 500 lives so far this year. In 2012, it pledged allegiance to the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda.
