Somalia+by+Abdi

=Do you have to live a lifetime without shopping for food.= ===Somali people eat a lot of staple foods, because they grow a variety of staple foods. The staple foods Somalia like to grow are fruits, vegetables, and sorghum. They mostly drink camel and goat milk. They barely drink water because every week Somali boys have to walk about 3 1/2 miles just to get water. They don't send girls because Somali people say that they cannot walk as far and a thief might take away there water. In Somalia, boys are trained to fight. Somali people cannot shop for food because their is a civil war going on in Somalia. Somali people must be tired doing all these things.  ===

Somalia's Goverment
Somalia doesn't have a mayor or a governor. Residents in somalia are not aloud to vote. People pay money to run for president but only a couple of people run because it's expensive to. But there are some rules to run for president. You cannot have a criminal record and you cannot take drugs. You also need to be in between the ages of 30 and 50. At the end of the presidents time, the president and a group of people discuss about it. Then a group of people vote for the president. In Somalia, it is very hard to find a job right now in Somalia. There is a civil war in Somalia and the economy is dropping.

Fun facts about Somalia
//1. Kids in Somalia actually love to go to school, even if there is no reccess. Kids in Somalia love to learn. 2. Somalia's main sport is soccer. They don't really play with a soccer ball, they just get a bunch of socks and tie them up together and the game begins!//



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