Is it time for tougher action in Somalia?
Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called for an emergency regional summit to seek urgent means to end the crisis in Somalia.He says he will advocate for "stern UN action" to save the lives of over 750 000 people facing starvation.
Meanwhile the humanitarian organisation Medecine Sans Frontiere say they cannot even access the places that are being most affected by the continuing famine.
Do you think it is time for tougher measures to ensure humanitarian relief to Somalia?
What form should these measures take?
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Comment number 1.
At 15:26 7th Sep 2011, E Julu Swen wrote:For too long we have heard African Leaders using such phrases "tougher sanction or stern sanction" without any way forward. What the world need now is force on those who are creating the problem for the civilian. Appropriate force.
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At 20:30 8th Sep 2011, sikiru yusuf wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 3.
At 07:07 9th Sep 2011, yemti ndienla wrote:i think the internations community is playing with what is happining in Somali. Come on, 750.000 lives is a stake and we are still thinking of implementing tougher samction? What is happining here? Is it because Somali might not have "oil". Those involve in the suffering of these people should be threated as terriorist.The world should go after them!!
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At 17:15 12th Sep 2011, Maluaaldit wrote:Thanks Odinga and let many African leaders think like you,we must remedy the situation in Somalia before rhe Western World comes into action.
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At 09:55 14th Sep 2011, Richard wrote:Until the somalian government decide to be part of the solution I think there is not alot the west can do, given the sheer numbers of piracy realted incidents on international shipping and the murder and kidnapping of british tourists, I am not sure why we should be involved.......Let them deal with their own problems and we should be arming our shipping containers more heavily.
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