DJIBOUTI — A perfect storm of geopolitical factors may bring a new major disease outbreak to the Horn of Africa. Somalia health officials worry the region could see a new disease outbreak due to the combined challenges of severe drought.
When earlier this year, forces aligned with the Somali government liberated areas, it was a cause for celebration. The port of Harardhere and other communities in the vicinity (notably Galcad) had been under the control of the ISIS-aligned terrorist group Al-Shabab for over a decade, was finally free.
