UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945
This news was published today in the
BBC news.
This piece of news talks about the humanitarian crisis
that's affecting the world, specifically it talks about 4 countries,
Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia.
This news starts talking about how many people, are
starving, 20 million people and 1,4 million children could starve
only this year. Mr O'brien told that the UN has received 90 million
dollars in 2017 and there were generous pledges.
In Yemen a child dies every ten minutes from a
preventable disease and two thirds of Yemen's population is in need
of some kind of humanitarian help. The poor government, the lack of
rule of law and the under-development create problems for the people
that want to help the country.
In the Southern Sudan 40% of the people need food and
nutritional assistance, there are the same impediments and in
addition the president, Salva Kiir, has been blocking all the aids
that are being sent.
In Nigeria the situation is quite similar to the other
two, but in Nigeria there is an extremist militant group, Boko
Haram, that has killed approximately 15000 people and has forced 2
million people to leave. It's for Boko Haram that a lot of aid
agencies can reach the country to help them.
In the last place, there is Somalia that because of
the lack of water 6,2 million people are in urgent need of help. The
attacks by Islamist militant groups are responsible for the lack of
help that is reaching Somalia.
Personal opinion
In my opinion I think that the people who live in these
countries are the strongest people in the world. They are constantly
fighting with hunger, and extreme conditions. Most of these
countries are in the middle of a war and they are losing family and
friends and they still have hope and strength to live. I think that
if every country could donate some money, food, or some basic needs,
conditions in these countries could be better. I truly admire these
people and I hope one day everything that makes people suffer ends.
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