MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somalia and Egypt agreed to cooperate in dealing with the effects of climate change following talks in Mogadishu.
A delegation led by Egyptian Environment and Climate Change Minister; Yasmine Fouad has arrived in Mogadishu this week to hold talks with Somali officials.
Fouad held talks with her Somali counterpart over ways to deal with climate change, strengthening ties between the two countries and cooperating in other sectors of economic growth and development.
The Somali government does not have the political muscle and understanding to deal with the problem of climate change and its consequences.
Somalia is in the middle of a devastating drought, its most severe in four decades. Five consecutive rainy seasons have failed, and a sixth is expected to.
While Somalia has always known droughts, climate scientists say they are becoming more frequent, and the Horn of Africa country’s population of roughly 17 million is struggling.
Some 5.6 million people are said to be experiencing “crisis”, or worse, levels of food insecurity.
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