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Former President Jerry John Rawlings could not hold back his tears as he broke down in the midst of a live interview on CNN, over the suffering of the many Somalian people.
The United Nations has declared famine in the horn of Africa comprising of Eritrea, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia due to lack of rains in the past two years.
Ex-President Rawlings was recounting his experience on the ground, to CNN’s International Desk Programme hosted by Aysha Sesay today.
Mr. Rawlings who was being interviewed via satellite from a base in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, broke down in tears when he started narrating how he saw a 5 year old child who looked so much like a one-and-a-half year old due to the severity of the situation.
He stated that the African Union has done remarkable well to help solve the situation in Somalia. According to him, tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world's worst famine in a generation.
The African Union High Commission to Somalia stated that the fact that the nation has been hit by famine shows just how grave the situation has become.
He explains that it is time for the world to help.
