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Kismayo IDPs face hunger, drug shortages

Webmaster — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:31:52 +0000

The plight of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, controlled by Al-Shabab insurgents, has deteriorated, with thousands facing a food crisis after supply routes were blocked, and drug shortages as patient numbers increase, locals said.

This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=94507

Somali refugees, asylum-seekers returning home

Webmaster — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:36:14 +0000

Somalis are slowly returning back home after twenty years of absence following the ouster of Siad Baree from the top leadership of Somalia that lead to an all-out civil war that has now lasted for more than two decades.

Source: Press TV

Horn migrants heading south “pushed backwards”

Webmaster — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:27:17 +0000

(IRIN) – Increasing numbers of Ethiopians and Somalis fleeing war, drought and poverty in their home countries face arrest, deportation and detention as they try to make their way to the south of the continent.

This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=93403

Refugees helping new arrivals in Dadaab

Webmaster — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:53:56 +0000

(IRIN) – With hundreds of new Somali refugees arriving daily at the congested and overcrowded Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya, incumbent refugees are going around the camp with loud-hailers appealing for help for the newcomers, most of whom lack food, clothes, and blankets.

This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=93152

Life after Somalia

Webmaster — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:40:59 +0000

A combination of ongoing conflict, coupled with the devastating effect of the drought, has meant that thousands of people are fleeing Somalia for the Kenyan town of Dadaab.

By the time they’ve reached the refugee camps they are exhausted, weak and hungry. Most will have made the arduous journey on foot, through boiling hot sand and harsh shrub.

Source: Save the Children

Thousands trapped between conflict and drought in Galgadud

Webmaster — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:56:00 +0000

(IRIN) – Thousands of families in Somalia’s central town of Dusamareb, the regional capital of Galgadud, are caught between an unending conflict and severe drought.

This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=92593

2010 Human Rights Reports: Somalia

Webmaster — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:06:29 +0000

Somalia* has an estimated population of seven million. The territory, which was recognized as the Somali state from 1960 to 1991, fragmented into regions led in whole or in part by three distinct entities: the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Mogadishu, the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in the northwest, and the semiautonomous region of Puntland in the northeast. The TFG was formed in late 2004, with a five-year transitional mandate to establish permanent, representative governmental institutions and organize national elections. In January 2009an expanded Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP), established under the internationally backed Djibouti Peace Process (DPP), extended the TFG’s mandate until August 2011 and elected Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as TFG president. The DPP stalled in 2009 as the government came under pressure from armed extremist groups and the TFG’s top leadership engaged in political infighting.

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UNHCR concerned over allegations of Somali mercenaries

Webmaster — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:11:32 +0000

(IRIN) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says it is concerned by opposition media reports alleging the Yemen government is recruiting Somali refugees as mercenaries to help put down a growing protest movement demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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A crisis in numbers

Webmaster — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:18:48 +0000

(IRIN) – One in three people in Somalia needs humanitarian assistance as a severe water crisis, linked to the La Niña weather phenomenon, takes hold across much of the country after failed seasonal Deyr rains and amid continuing armed conflict. Prices of cereals and water in many areas have soared.

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Http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=92123

Stranded Somali migrants unsure where to turn

Webmaster — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:30:44 +0000

(IRIN) – Some 2,500 Somali migrants in the Libyan capital Tripoli, under the control of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, are holed up in the violence-affected city and unsure what to do, say Somali migrants there.

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Http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=92076