Why have 1.7 million Somalis fled their homes? And is the world doing enough to help?
At the Daniyle camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, hundreds of people who've fled from drought-stricken areas of Somalia are now crammed into a dusty lot. They've erected makeshift shelters out of sticks covered with tarps, burlap bags and bits of plastic sheeting. The ground is dry and powdery. Puffs of dust rise around each footfall.
Khadijo Noor Ali arrived at the Daniyle camp two months ago with 7 children in tow. Khadijo says they had to come after the crops in her village in the Lower Shabelle region failed for the fourth season in a row.
"We fled from the drought," she says. "We had nothing to eat. We ran away from our home."
Khadijo is single mother. She has five kids from her first marriage, a 4-year-old from her second and
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