Somalia in Crisis ... Again

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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As the war in the Middle East grinds on, grave repercussions are hitting the world's most vulnerable. What makes it all so much worse is the total evisceration of foreign-aid funding, led by the United States dismantling USAID. Somalia has been plagued by violence and famine for decades, and now this vulnerable country is headed towards the same disaster again. New York Times reporter Peter Goodman has just returned, and he joins the show from New York. Also on today's show: journalist Kelli María Korducki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6	The fact that this is all entirely avoidable makes it quite frankly enraging to see up close. Food, fuel and fertilizer shortages as the war against Iran drags on.
0:43.3	Tens of millions of people around the world are thrown into poverty.
0:47.3	We examine one country that's suffering an unchecked emergency.
0:50.3	Then...
0:51.3	If the people's need for freedom is not answered, they could lose hope.
0:57.3	We are telling the people and their leaders that there is a real danger. A revolutionary journey
1:02.8	inside Iran, the situation becomes ever more dangerous for those who want a different future.
1:08.8	From my archives, the young people who risk everything for a taste of freedom.
1:13.2	Also ahead. The daughterhood penalty, journalist Kelly Maria Kordaki, tells Michelle Martin about the growing burden falling on American women to care for their aging parents.
2:01.9	Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpur in London. As the war in the Middle East grinds on, grave repercussions are mounting across the globe and hitting the most vulnerable, of course, the hardest. Not only has the closure of the Strait of Hormor's triggered the biggest energy shock in decades, but agricultural supply chains have been strangled, leaving the poorest nations starving. If the conflict continues beyond next month, those facing acute hunger could surge to
2:08.5	363 million, according to the World Food Program, which is an increase of 45 million since the war
2:16.2	started. And what makes it all so much worse is the total
2:19.6	evisceration of foreign aid funding led by the United States dismantling USAID, and now other
2:26.4	Western nations forced to increase defense spending. Somalia on the Horn of Africa has been
2:32.1	plagued by violence and famine for decades, and now
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