Radio broadcasts and taped Christian messages are more useful. Modern life in the city of Mogadishu is ravaged by clan rivalry. No one cares if a member of another clan starves. As many as 30,000 automatic weapons are held by men and boys who steal food meant for the relief of those who are starving. Some of them sell the food to support their drug habit of chewing narcotic qat leaves.
Relief agencies continue trying to distribute food and medical supplies to the needy.
Ninety-eight percent of the 7.5 million people of Somalia are Somali and 99 percent are Muslim. Somali Christians are despised. Drought, famine, and war have driven many from their homes to surrounding countries. Somali refugees in Kenya, where there is complete religious freedom, are showing increasing interest in Christianity. Those who flee to Yemen and Ethiopia, however, only face more war, poverty, and clan rivalry.