Refuelling on the k-50 airport in Somalia.
Safely returned from reporting on the drought around Wajid in Somalia. According to a recent report some 1.7 million people in Somalia are facing starvation due the failing of the November and December rains.
South Somalia does not have a functional government since 1991, when Siad Barre was ousted. The country is now divided in several clan-based fiefdoms, reigned by competing warlords.
Again I was amazed by what it actually is not to have a government, somebody to watch over everybody. Arriving in Somalia means that you just land on some airstrip, and aligh from the plane. No visas or whatever needed, no customs waiting. You are on your own. Then the few cars that drive around don't have license plates, only the ones that were imported from Dubai. There are no official laws, no police. If you commit a crime, you'll only be chased by the family of the other side. I am not even sure if you have to drive on the left or right. Nobody will bother in South Somalia. You are on your own.