The Successive droughts hit in eastern regions of Somaliland since 2008 resulted thousands of families lost their livestock and came to villages in Togdheer, Sanaag and Sool regions of Somaliland and formed IDP camps in the outskirts of villages and towns like Burao, Erigavo, Lasanod, Ainabo, Oodweyne, Hudun, Buhoodle, Taleh, Dhahar and Badhan.
In these three regions, every year new people join to the IDP camps, last year many families lost their livestock from the severe drought hit in Togdheer, Sool and Sanaag regions, the IDPs did not get assistance from the humanitarian agencies based in Somaliland apart from small contributions from the local people. The lives of theses IDP people is deteriorating day after day if not urgent humanitarian assistance provided. In addition to that, there are Tens of Thousands of people fled from Somalia currently inhabited large IDP camps in Hargeisa, Burao and Berbera and other places in Somaliland, these people live in very harsh situation because of the hyper inflation which seriously affected their daily live and there is a very little support from the international Aid Agencies because Somaliland government believe that the people displaced from Somalia crossed international boundary between Somaliland and Somalia and needs to be recognized as a refugees and demands from the international concerned agencies include UNHCR to provide assistance these people deserves as given by the international laws (like the 1951 Refugee Convention).
The international community gave little attention into the drought situation of the Somaliland’s eastern regions which needs urgent response from the Aid agencies and international community and also to give assistance to the people from Somalia those who live in large IDP camps in Hargeisa, Burao, Berbera and other towns in Somaliland.
Yuusuf S. Rooble
Hargeisa-Somaliland
Muwaadin2011@live.com
