17 March 2010 (IRIN) - An acute water shortage after a prolonged drought in central Galgadud region of Somalia has forced thousands of people to abandon their villages, say officials.
“A prolonged drought, coupled with a drying-up of wells and barkads [water pans], is forcing many people to leave their homes,” said Abdirahman Mohamed Adawe, the district commissioner of Adado, one of the areas hardest hit.
However, some parts of the region are receiving the Gu (long) rains.
More than a dozen villages around Adado town, housing an estimated 35,000 people, are affected. Those with livestock are moving in search of pasture and water, while those who lost their livestock, the economic mainstay of the area, are moving to towns
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