A very serious famine is going on in the country of Somalia that is putting 750,000 Somalis at risk of death in the months to come. Now there seems to be a bigger problem on top of the horrible famine. Countless acts of violence, robbery and rape are being committed on the Somalis as they try to cross the desert to find safety in Kenya. At a rate of 1,000 a day, Somalis cross into Kenya and are being approached by armed bandits who rob the men and the rape the women. This is occuring in the 50 mile stretch before reaching the world's largest refugee came of Dadaab. This is a country where rape is very taboo and women are usually blamed for being raped and can be disowned by family. Women are being subjected to extreme genital cutting and at very young ages. The Somaili bandits are said to fear the Shabab militia but on the Kenyan side, where there is little police, they are easily able to get away with viloence and rape. In an attepmt to put an end to the viloence and rape aid agengies need to put reception centers at the boarder to monitor what is happening.
By Blake Sabatke
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/on-top-of-famine-unspeakable-violence.html?_r=1&src=tp
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