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Without doubt, AlShabab have been accused of heinous crimes, and nothing excuses such crimes. But this article makes it clear that the situation in Somalia is far from black and white, pun intended. Excerpt: [The NGOs] bought their food from abroad and never bought from us local farmers. They killed every incentive to farm. - Mohamed Sheikh Abdi, chairman of the Bulo Mareer farmers union Before the banning of NGOs and the construction of the towns canals, Qarawi says he was a beggar. Every last week of the month we used to go to the NGOs office to ask for food. Sometime they will tell us there was no food. It was a shameful life. Two years after deciding to return to farming, Qarawi is a happy man. All my children go to school. I can afford to send them to study and I have surplus cash, he said with a smile.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:37:22 +0000

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