"FLIES" Top 5 Page for this destination Somalia Warnings Or Dangers Tip by DAO

Common house flies are just plain nasty. They happily fly onto and eat animal droppings. In Africa these nasty critters spread some seriously bad diseases. They can even carry Typhoid – which you should be inoculated for before any adventure to Africa. Keep a good hat or other item handy to wave flies away. They always show up and there is always some animal excrement for them to jump onto before they land on your food – if you let them.

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