While many Somali are nomadic herdsmen, the Juba are mostly farmers growing coffee, wheat, vegetables, dates, mangoes and pomegranates. Coffee is an important part of Juba life with a tradition of a daily coffee time. Because wood is so scarce, the Juba burn animal-dung for their fires. Few nations are poorer than Somalia with little industry and few natural resources. The Juba are hurting. Come and help!
Christians around Uganda began to pray and seek God. Meetings and rallies were held and God’s people cried out to Him. According to all reports, President Museveni heard about it and called pastors to him in Gulu. Do not pray against the nation's problems. That will solve them, but others will rise in their place.
The Yao of Tanzania live in the south, along the border of Mozambique. They are mainly peasants who raise animals, have small businesses, and live in clans. Their chiefs are Mataka, Kanduru, and Mtalika.
The average life expectancy of Kenya’s 32 million inhabitants is 52 years. The AIDS infection rate in Kenya is very high: in 2003, 1.2 million people were officially counted as infected with the HIV virus, and the number of undetected cases is probably much higher.
The two main people groups of Djibouti are Somalis (mostly Issas) and Afars. The Afars are Cushitic, related to Somalis but culturally and linguistically distinct. There are between 1-2 million Afars scattered between Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. Most are Muslim.
The Comoro are an underdeveloped and poor nation with high unemployment. Most people are subsistence farmers. They are an artistic people: the women engage in needlework, the men in woodwork.
The majority of the Rangi population live in villages and their identity is often wrapped up in village life. For a long time few non-Rangi Tanzanians wanted to live in Kondoa
Libaan spent years outside of Somalia in several different countries. Eventually, he received a portion from the Injil (Gospel). He was impressed by what he read. This is a testimony of one Somali Muslim who found Jesus.
Some men have found a way to escape from the harsh realities of Somali life. Khat (Catha Edulis) is an evergreen shrub that grows in the highlands of Ethiopia, Kenya and Yemen.
However, today most Berta Muslims take their religion quite seriously although it is mixed with indigenous beliefs and practices. There is no local group of Christian believers. Bible translation began with some Old Testament passages but unfortunately that work stopped two years ago when the Muslim translators were forbidden to help more on the project.
