However, smaller clans with ###### expansive networks and fewer members in ###### diaspora are likely to face more ###### a struggle, and rely solely on ###### agencies for support.]]>
Foreign minister ###### the self-declared republic of Somaliland, Saad ###### Shire, says that immediate relief in ###### form of food, water and medication ###### needed in the next two to ###### weeks: "Otherwise we will be looking ###### a very dire situation."

Aside from ###### such as the WhatsApp groups, Somalis ###### also been helping each other in ###### traditional ways. In Somaliland, small agrarian ###### communities who have been able to ###### some crops have been taking in ###### families hardest hit by a third ###### year of drought.]]>