Riaan 
Bangaphezu kwesigidi abantu baseSomalia asebesale dengwane emazweni abo esikhathini esingangezinyanga ezine ngenxa yesomiso, izingxabano nezikhukhula, kusho izinhlangano ezisiza abantu ngoLwesithathu.
Babalelwa ku-433,000 abantu abaphoqeleka ukuthi basuke ezindlini zabo phakathi kukaJanuwari 1 noMeyi 10 njengoba kuqubuka izihlubuki zamaSulumane futhi kuqubuka izingxabano esifundeni esihlubuke eSomaliland, kusho inhlangano ye-UN yababaleki i-UNHCR kanye neNorwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
ngaphezu kwalokho, “bangaphezu kuka-408,000 abantu abasale dengwane ngenxa yezikhukhula ezihlasele amadolobhana abo kwathi abanye abantu abangu-312,000 basala dengwane ngenxa yesomiso esibhubhisayo,” basho esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe.
FUNDA FUTHI: IKenya neSomalia bavumelana ngokuvula kabusha umngcele ngezigaba
ISomalia kanye nomakhelwane bayo oPhondweni lwe-Afrika okuhlanganisa i-Ethiopia neKenya babhekene nesomiso esibi kakhulu eminyakeni engamashumi amane ngemva kwezinkathi ezinhlanu ezibhuntshile zemvula ezishiye izigidi zabantu ziswele futhi ziqothula izitshalo nemfuyo.
Horn of Africa crisis
Isikhulu se-UN u-Antonio Guterres kanye nohulumeni bamazwe ngamazwe bahlangana eNew York ngoLwesithathu engqungqutheleni yokufuna uxhaso lwezigidigidi eziyisi-7 zamaRandi ukusiza labo abaswele esifundeni sonke.
Okungenani abantu abayizigidi ezingu-43.3 badinga usizo olusindisa ukuphila kanye nokulondoloza impilo e-Horn of Africa, kusho inhlangano ye-UN yezobuntu i-OCHA ngeledlule.
FUNDA FUTHI: I-UN ixwayisa ukuthi isimo somuntu saseSomalia sihlala ‘sinzima’
Isibalo sabantu abaxoshwa emingceleni yaseSomalia sesimi ezigidini ezingu-3.8, kanti abantu abayizigidi ezingu-6.7 badonsa kanzima ukuthola ukudla, ngokusho kwe-UNHCR kanye ne-NRC.
Banezela, izingane ezingaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi zingondlekile kahle.
“Lezi yizibalo ezishaqisayo zabanye abantu abasengozini enkulu abaphoqeleke ukuthi balahle okuncane obekumele balibhekise kokungaziwa,” kusho u-Mohamed Abdi, umqondisi wezwe we-NRC eSomalia.
“Singesaba okubi kakhulu ezinyangeni ezizayo njengoba zonke izithako zale nhlekelele ziyabila eSomalia.”
FUNDA FUTHI: I-UN igxeka ukwanda kokuhlaselwa kwabantu okubulalayo eSomalia
Iningi lemindeni ibalekile esifundeni sase-Hiraan enkabeni yeSomalia kanye ne-Gedo eningizimu yezwe elinabantu abayizigidi ezingu-17 futhi ifika ezindaweni zasemadolobheni eziminyene, nokubeka ubunzima ezinsizakalweni ezivele zinwetshiwe.
– ‘Inhlekelele yabantu eSomalia’ –
Ama-ejensi acele ukutshalwa kwezimali okuphuthumayo nokukhudlwana ukulwa nezinkinga “ngaphandle kwalokho asisoze sabona ukuphela kwale nhlekelele yabantu,” kusho uMagatte Guisse, omele i-UNHCR eSomalia.
Njengamanje, izikhungo zosizo zithole uxhaso lwamaphesenti angama-22 kuphela ukuze zihlangabezane nezidingo zazo eSomalia kulo nyaka.
Abashokobezi be-Al-Qaeda abaxhumene ne-Al-Shabaab bebelokhu belwa nohulumeni ontekenteke kusukela ngo-2007 futhi balawula izingxenye zasemaphandleni lapho behlasele khona izikhathi eziningi eSomalia nasemazweni angomakhelwane.
Izikhukhula eSomalia
Khonamanjalo izikhukhula zihlasele enkabeni yeSomalia kusukela ngoMeyi ngemuva kokuna kwemvula enamandla ebangele amanzi angena ezindlini edolobheni laseBeledweyne eHiraan, kwafaka imigwaqo namabhilidi kwashona abantu abangu-22.
I-Horn of Africa ihlaselwe yizingxabano ezithathe isikhathi eside kanye nezinhlekelele zesimo sezulu njengoba iWorld Food Programme (WFP) ixwayise ngoLwesithathu ukuthi lezi zinhlekelele zisekude ukuphela.
FUNDA FUTHI: Kushone abangu-19 ezigamekweni zokuqhunyiswa kwezimoto enkabeni yeSomalia okwathiwa yi-Al-Shabaab
“Iminyaka emithathu edlule yesomiso sishiye abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-23 ezindaweni zase-Ethiopia, Kenya naseSomalia bebhekene nendlala enzima,” kusho isitatimende se-WFP, yengeza ngokuthi kuzothatha iminyaka ukuthi lesi sifunda silulame.
I-OCHA ithe ngesonto eledlule ngenkathi indlala “ivinjiwe” esifundeni, isimo esiphuthumayo sobuntu besingakapheli.
