By: Abdalle Ahmed
MOGADISHU (RBC) The secessionist administration of Somaliland has sent the first aid food to the droughts hit southern regions of Somalia where millions of people are currently facing severe famine.
A plane carrying six Somaliland officials and was spearheaded by a famous poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame Hadrawi landed at Mogadishu main airport on Saturday bringing with them 3.5 tones of aid assistance from Somaliland people.
The aid contained food and useful medicine for malnutritioned children and pregnant women.
High ranking officials from the transitional federal government of Somalia and the civil society groups received the delegate from Somaliland as the national music band played brotherly songs.
“We are here to help our brothers in Somalia as there is severe and growing famine in the country” Mohamed Shukri Jama, the spokesman of Somaliland delegate in Mogadishu told reporters at the airport.
“As similar to the efforts of the international community, Somaliland plays its role to assist the droughts affected people in the region” he added.
The governor of Benadir regional administration, Mohamud Ahmed Nur who received the delegates from Hargeisa said that Mogadishu residents will not forget any assistance from their brothers in Hargeisa as he promised that the aid will be distributed to the needy families of the internal displaced people in camps of the capital where as least 20,000 families were gathered since May this year.
RBC Radio
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SOMALIA: First aid from Somaliland arrives Mogadishu [PHOTOS]
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