Bad rains, internal wars, US wrath, Corrupt politicians. At times we think "Is the situation in India hopeless ?". I wonder if history shows us that such societies can get back to normalcy.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/17/africa/17somalia.php?page=2 --- Beyond the warlord and clan fighting, there is now a budding conflict with Western aid workers. The Bush administration has said that Al Qaeda terrorists are hiding in Somalia, sheltered by local Islamists, and gone after them with American air strikes. But a recent American attack on an Islamist leader in Dhusamareb, a town in the center of the drought zone, has spawned a wave of revenge threats against Western aid workers. The United Nations and private aid organizations say it's now too dangerous to expand their life-saving work in Dhusamareb.
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