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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Some in Dry Somalia Break Ramadan Fast With Little but Water

Local NGO prepare Iftar food for people at an internally displaced people camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, March 24, 2023. This year's holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. As the sun sets and Muslims around the world gather to break their daily fasts with generous dinners, Hadiiq Abdulle Mohamed and her family have just water and whatever food might be at hand.

Mohamed is among more than 1 million Somalis who have fled their homes in search of help while an estimated 43,000 people died last year alone. She and her husband and their six children now take refuge in one of the growing displacement camps around the capital, Mogadishu.

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