Encroaching Dunes Threaten Homes, Endanger Kismayo Families
Edited By Ali Musa
Axadle Times International – Monitoring
There are places on this earth where the gentle, seemingly innocent grains of sand become an unstoppable force of nature, reshaping lives with an unyielding grip on the future. Imagine waking up one day to find that your steadfast ally in life—your home—is slowly being consumed, silently and unhurriedly, by shifting sand dunes. This is the stark reality of 150 families in the Midnimo settlement, north of Kismayo, in Somalia's Lower Juba…