I feel like you guys use everything as an excuse to demonize Nigeria. Nigeria can't send food aid because we have NO surplus food. The country imports billions of $ worth of food evey yer if you didn't know. Countries like the u.s are able to give food aid to other Countries because they have a surplus.
However nigerians abroad should make donations and help these people in need.

I really hope this is not global warming at work

Poor governmental planning is also a cause of famine. While a natural disaster may devastate the crops in a region, a sound government should have stored enough food or resources to acquire sufficient provisions to prevent widespread death from starvation. Also, the African community should step in to remedy the problem. Many situations occur in Sub Saharan countries today where food exists but the people are simply too poor to buy it. Obviously, it demonstrates how in these circumstances, famine is caused by man and not the environment.

^ yea, Ethiopia was exporting food during their famine.

And now their selling good farmland to foriegn companies. the future looks bad.

Interesting. Theres is famine yes but not in the entire EA region.While 'some parts' of Kenya, Ethiopia have no food, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia have a great harvest.All in EA!

The crisis is particularly acute in war-ravaged Somalia, where an estimated 10,000 people have died for far, and another three million people need food assistance.Nearly 2,000 refugees — most of them mothers supporting starving babies — are crossing Kenya’s northern border daily into overwhelmed refugee camps like Dadaab, and the government is sounding the alarm over the security threat posed by the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

In all, a reported 800,000 people have streamed into overcrowded refugee camps in neighbouring countries.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to donor countries to come up immediately with $1.6 billion[b] (1.1 billion euros) in aid for Somalia alone.[/b]

WFP chief Josette Sheeran said her organisation would begin food airlifts on Tuesday into Mogadishu, as well as aid flights to Dolo in Ethiopia on the border with Somalia and to Wajir, which has been badly hit by drought.

The key challenge for aid groups has been reaching parts of southern Somalia held by the Al Qaeda-inspired Islamist militia group Shebab, which has banned WFP and other international humanitarian agencies from operating on its territory.

The somali refugees are now trekking into Northern kenya to receive food aids! imagine the strain.

At times you watch cnn and wonder if they are talking about the same country you are in!

^ Somalia or Kenya?

Will we ever hear good news coming from east africa?

Not trying to pick on 'em, but if it isn't drought, it is famine. If not famine, then civil war or collapsed government. if not civil war, then pirates.

We black people need to get our act together. . .

@pleep
Somalia and parts of northern Kenya.But somalia is the worst hit.They are now trekking into kenya from the north and adding to the already starving numbers in the North.Northern Kenya is always a dry place so whenever rains fail it only worsens the prevailing situation.

@ekt_bear.

Funny.Because the EA also ask,can anything good come from the west? Blame it on media.
What we see on tv is far different from reality.Everytime they show Nigeria on TV all we see are are pictures of burnings,killings,looting,poor infrastructure,congestion,drug trafficking etc. You would think its impossible to drive on lagos streets because of the congestion and poor infrastructure.
But is that what is happening on the ground?
Its soo negative to the extent that the rest of Africa is wary of our bros from the west why? because they depict them as fraudsters and drug traffickers.Too much negativity it sucks! But they do not mention about the oil or economy.If oil is ever mentioned it will be tagged with the word corruption, bombings and kidnappings.
They make us believe that all pastors from nigeria are conmen so anybody landing in the name of God is suspect.
I wish I could hear some positive news about Nigeria from the media.
Now EA is not just somalia or sudan and its not only full of malnourished and starving women and kids.
Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda Burundi have stable goverments.We know that every African country faces its own challenges but the media exaggerates a lot and focuses on that problems more than progress.
The strongest economy in EA is Kenya.Strong currency as compared to the rest even though fluctuations are inevitable. Kenya is a country on its own and a busy regional hub with multinationals setting up base because of better transport (air land and sea),good communication,plus at least good infrastructure
It tends to always play a central role in conflict resolution among its neighbours.
Foreign Aid to EA and some landlocked countries,pass through Kenya. Its the reason all these UN bodies set up regional offices here as well.Theres is just a lot happening that you don't get to read about or see in the news.
CNN will make you think that Africa is not progressing because they will never report about the new found oil deposits in Uganda and how everyone is rushing there to make a kill,but will be quick to show pics of political mass protests.
Anything concerning Sudan is also negative.They will only report about the supporter of APC militia and show you pics of malnourished children.If you went to Abiyei in southern sudan you will see whole new picture.
Businesses are springing up,roads being done,oil is flowing,they just announced their new currency,they are just busy building their nation but wheres the western media to report all this progress? Wait till they hear about a war.
They don't believe anything good can come out out of Africa of course so why should they report anything positive?
All I can say is that its time Africans learnt to take matters into their own hands,appreciate themselves and build their economies.
The West,Central,East, South and North all need one another. Its our continent after all.

I guess nigeria is watching them!!11
lmao

take care of home first

If you're religious and ever been in serious trouble you probably prayed for help. If you prayed hard and nothing changed for the better, you probably asked yourself if you did things in the past which displeased god or your ancestors. If you've ever experienced the scenario described, chances are you have experience of what it is really like to be in deep, deep problem. Most of us who have been in this situation eventually come out at the other end with things better and our fates reaffirmed.

Now Imagine if you're a Somalian or Ethiopian parent watching your child starve to death. This is like a problem that dwarfs any problem you or i have ever had that yet drove us to the despair of seeking heavenly assistance as i describe above. Starvation does not happen in a day. It takes time. So there you are, a parent of a starving child, begging and praying to your god to send help soon. Every night you go to bed hoping for your prayers to be answered the next day but come morning nothing happens. We know from history, thousands of Ethiopians died from starvation which means we know the outcome. Therefor, parents prayed with everything they the had  and yet their prayers went unheard for their children died. In spite of all this, Ethiopians/Somalis remain a people of great fate and courage. 


I believe God made man and expected man to help his fellow man and this is why there are so many people in the world. For example, if one man is a rotten-fruit then God created another who may not be a rotten-fruit. In this way, there are many of us capable of acting on God's behalf. So please my Nigerian peeps let us help answer the prayers of those  people in east Africa who now need help.

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I believe God made man and expected man to help his fellow man and this is why there are so many people in the world. For example, if one man is a rotten-fruit then God created another who may not be a rotten-fruit. In this way, there are many of us capable of acting on God's behalf. So please my Nigerian peeps let us help answer the prayers of those  people in east Africa who now need help.
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So God, is not powerful enough to intervene?

perpetual motion, self perpetuating systems have always been a big dream for scientists.
Some top brains envision nanobots capable of building cities on far away planets. God made man in his own image. Man invented remote control so he can control things from the comfort of his armchair. Is man not powerful enough to get up an switch on the TV or build cities on distant planets when he does eventually get there?

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God made man in his own image.[/QUOTE]

or man made God in his image?