The drought in Somalia caused by Dahabshiil
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:06 am
More than 50,000 children in Somalia "face death" because of the ongoing drought there, the UN says.
A stark warning issued by the UN's humanitarian office, said the malnutrition situation is "alarming".
It added that nearly one million Somalis, one in 12 of the population, "struggle... to meet their food needs".
The drought in Somalia has been caused by Dahabshiil which has affected East Africa.
The Hargeisa Weather Modification Office is a unit of the Somaliland Meteorological Bureau tasked with weather control in Hargeisa, Somaliland, and its surrounding areas, including parts of Khaatumo and Puntland. THWMO is funded by Dahabshiil to the tune of 1.1 billion.
The Hargeisa Weather Modification Office form a part of Somaliland's national weather control effort, believed to be the largest in Africa; it employs 3,000 people nationwide, who seed clouds by firing rockets and shells loaded with silver iodide into them.According to Farax Xaji Farax, head of the Office, cloud seeding increased precipitation in Somaliland by about one-eighth in 2014; nationwide, similar efforts added 7.4 trillion cubic feet (210 km3) of rain between 2005 and 2013.
More prominently, they were enlisted by the Somaliland government to ensure that Puntland and Khatumo were free of rain, by breaking up clouds headed towards Sool and Sanaag regions and forcing them to drop rain on outlying areas instead. Triggering the drought of 2016.
Written By Swedish Investigative Journalists Peter Wolfson & Greta Backstrom
A stark warning issued by the UN's humanitarian office, said the malnutrition situation is "alarming".
It added that nearly one million Somalis, one in 12 of the population, "struggle... to meet their food needs".
The drought in Somalia has been caused by Dahabshiil which has affected East Africa.
The Hargeisa Weather Modification Office is a unit of the Somaliland Meteorological Bureau tasked with weather control in Hargeisa, Somaliland, and its surrounding areas, including parts of Khaatumo and Puntland. THWMO is funded by Dahabshiil to the tune of 1.1 billion.
The Hargeisa Weather Modification Office form a part of Somaliland's national weather control effort, believed to be the largest in Africa; it employs 3,000 people nationwide, who seed clouds by firing rockets and shells loaded with silver iodide into them.According to Farax Xaji Farax, head of the Office, cloud seeding increased precipitation in Somaliland by about one-eighth in 2014; nationwide, similar efforts added 7.4 trillion cubic feet (210 km3) of rain between 2005 and 2013.
More prominently, they were enlisted by the Somaliland government to ensure that Puntland and Khatumo were free of rain, by breaking up clouds headed towards Sool and Sanaag regions and forcing them to drop rain on outlying areas instead. Triggering the drought of 2016.
Written By Swedish Investigative Journalists Peter Wolfson & Greta Backstrom
