Nairobi (Sunatimes) African Union special representative to Somalia, Jerry Rowlings, has urged the International Community to provide humanitarian assistance to Somalia people facing severe starvation in the horn of African nation.

The former Ghanaian president said the international community ought to aid the needy Somali population in the country and come up with preventive measures to make sure such a drought and famine related crisis will not reoccur in the near future.

Rowlings requested water drilling initiatives for the drought and famine victims in Somalia, suggesting the revival of learning institutions in the war-torn country to make sure that uneducated youths are not lured into the deadly war in the country.

The AU special representative to Somalia urged other African nations to immediately respond to the crisis in Somalia and double their efforts to have a lasting solution to Somalia’s political impasse that has ravaged the horn of African country since early 90s.

He, however, called on rebels in Somalia to unconditionally allow humanitarian aid to reach the needy people in the drought-hit Somalia.

By Siham Mohamud