医療物資輸送機が墜落 他

　6名死亡。

BBC Plane with coronavirus supplies crashes in Somalia 5 May 2020　Posted at 13:37

「The Somali authorities say a plane carrying coronavirus aid supplies has crashed, killing the six people on board.

The aircraft was owned by African Airways.

It left the capital Mogadishu and briefly stopped in the city of Baidoa before continuing to the town of Bardale, in the southern Bay region, where it crashed a short distance from the airport.」

　つまり地方中核都市を結ぶ急行便だ。直近の医療のバックアップが失われたこと、コモディティ化しきらない希少な機材・技術者が失われたことへの中長期的損害。影響は地味に蓄積するタイプのそれだな、これ。

　ソマリア関係のメモをここに置いておこう。khatの禁令をめぐる記事。

BBC Somalia's khat ban 'saves millions' 27 Mar 2020 By Grant Ferrett

「A leading Somali campaigner against khat says a temporary ban on trade in the stimulant leaf has saved consumers in the capital, Mogadishu, more than $3m (￡2.5m) in little more than a week.」

「The ban was introduced last week - along with the suspension of international flights to and from Mogadishu - to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.

Somalia imports tonnes of khat each day, much of it from Kenya. Its use is illegal in many parts of the world.」

　嗜好品khatを禁止するのは貴重な外貨の喪失を避けるにも、減少した航空便の輸送能力を医療資材に振り分けるためにも（というかケニアは出入り禁止ですな、たしか）必要だろうな。