"Somalia is experiencing the most difficult period in the last 60 years. Country was faced with drought and famine. We visited several camps and going to the other. As far as we can judge, scale of the disaster is unprecedented, "- said Erdoga, stressing that the majority of the population, especially children, has serious health problems. The prime minister also described the situation in Somalia, a test for humanity for all mankind. "In order to prove that Western values - it is not empty rhetoric, humanity must successfully pass this test" – said Erdogan. In Turkey itself part of the population is not very positive attitude towards the initiatives of Prime Minister on assistance to Somalia. "I want to go from here to your country. There is talk about what we do in Somalia, and Turkey have the hunger and misery. I advise those who think so, come here and look at themselves ", – concluded the Turkish prime minister. According to UN figures, more than three million Somalis – nearly half the population – need food aid after the worst drought in 50 years. Famine in Somalia due to the fact that neither the government nor the Somali aid agencies can not fully operate in areas controlled by insurgents. UN for two months investigating the disappearance of thousands of bags of food to the Somali people.
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