Relief SCENE
Refugees
Feature
IDPs Create Dilemma: Too Risky to Assist?
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Mogadishu IDP Camp
The children sit in a makeshift tent made from twigs, tattered sacks and worn out polythene bags, that lets in rays of the scorching sun, and water when it rains. Their mother left early in the morning to beg for food. Al-Shabaab militants killed their father at a food distribution centre when the militiamen thought the rations would get finished before they got their share.
“Move. You have stayed here for too long,” an armed African Union peacekeeper says. It’s an order to stop offering the few remaining biscuits to hungry children and move away from them, for the sake of our security.
“This is a danger zone. You can’t go near the tents alone. You can’t get close to the displaced person. You have to be near an armed soldier if on foot....
07/16/2012
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Refugees Fleeing Somalia Detained in Tanzania Face Difficult Circumstances
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Influx of IDPs Drives Up Cost of Living
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President Vows to Assist IDPs, Take Action Against Looters
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Three Somali Women Arrested in Dadaab Refugee Camp
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15 Dead From Cholera, Malaria in Last Weeks
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Lower Juba Residents Ignoring Al-Shabaab Directives to Run
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Witnesses Say TFG Soldiers Killed 5, Government Denies Claim
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The Small Community Fled to Somalia in 2000
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Al-Shabaab Militants Opened Fire, Say Witnesses
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Sexual Predators Target Refugees for Rape on Outskirts of Dadaab
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Child Dies in Desperate Crush for Food
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IDPs Report Severe Abuse and Looting in Badbaado Camp
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First Airlift to Capital in Five Years
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Group Died of Thirst During Long Trek, Say Officials
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Official Says New Camps May Fuel Conflicts
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Travel Firm Accused Of Sneaking People To Kenya, Ethiopia
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Desperate Refugee Hordes Living in Squalor on Outskirts of Camp
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800 Children, Many Malnourished, Arrive Each Day
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Attack Raises Issue of Insecurity in Somali Refugee Camp
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75 Ethiopian Emigrants Also Arrested Attempting Yemen Crossing
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Somali and Ethiopian Migrants Rounded up in Mozambique
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Somali Refugees Realize Dream Through Online Studies at US Institutions
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More Projects Planned by Daryeel Bulsho Guud
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'Invisible War Victims' Suffer from War Wounds in IDP Camps
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Claims International Warship Refused To Help Desperate Somalis
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Displaced, Bereft Of Aid, Brave Shells To Beg In Mogadishu
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New Smuggling Route From Kenya To South Africa
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Kenya Growing Less Keen To Take In Aslyum Seekers
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Madera IDP Camps Closed in Kenya
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Al Shabaab Refuses Desperately Needed Aid to Displaced People
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Kenyans Complains About Sealed Border, Inability To Trade Goods
UPDATE
Aid Workers Originally Taken Hostage From Dadaab Refugee Camp
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Rescued NRC Staff - Qurat-Ul-Ain Sadazi, Steven Dennis, Glenn Costes and Astrid Sehl
Four aid workers from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) who were taken hostages from Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp last Friday have been rescued unharmed inside Somalia, witnesses and government military commanders have confirmed.
"We are thankful to know that our four colleagues have been found and safely returned to Kenya. This is a day of relief for us and for the families of the abducted," says Elisabeth Rasmusson, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council in statement.
NRC identified...
07/02/2012
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Beseiged City May Crumble Under al-Shabaab Pressure
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Officials Assess the Levels of Humanitarian Need in IDP Camps
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Mogadishu’s IDPS Tire of Temporary Sanctuaries
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Refugee Health of Children Mothers and Elderly At Risk; Schools Also Closed
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MSF Logistics Officer Arrested and Charged With Killings
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Police Arrest Two Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants in Security Crackdown
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Al-Shabaab Warns of Tough Action Against Aid Agencies That Don't Help
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Serious Food Deliveries Still Weeks Away
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Anorexic Sent To Cover Famine Stirs Up Controversy
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Major Famine Relief Agencies Listed By Group
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24 People Died In The Last 2 Days In Gawan Village
Health
Seven Children Reported Among the Dead
Somalia Report
IDP family waiting for aid
26 people, including seven children, have died following an outbreak of cholera and measles in the south-central region of Middle Shabelle. Medical sources in the region say the situation may worsen if urgent action is not taken. Most of the deceased children are said to have died due to inadequate treatment.
Nurse Yasmiin Ahmed Hassan, who works at a local voluntary clinic in the outskirts of Mogadishu, spoke to Somalia Report.
“There are increasing numbers of people who have different diseases coming to us every day and every night, but cholera and measles patients have been the most common since last month. We have also high rates of acutely malnourished people, specially women and children, on...
04/06/2012
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Mogadishu's Problems with Expired Medication
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23 Children Died at Beled-Weyne's IDP Camp in 48 Hours
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More Than 100 Children Have Died in Past Two Months
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African Union Offers to Help SOS Hospital Reopen
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Ministry of Sports Establishes Feeding Center
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765,000 Kids to be Vaccinated Against Measles and Polio
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Coming Rains Risk Lives of Malnourished Somalis
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Doctors have Treated an Estimate of 1500 People
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Too Many Patients and Not Enough Supplies Are Typical
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Fears Disease Could Spread if Lepers Go in Search of Food
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UAE Also Funds Water Drilling Truck, Begins Project in Villa Somalia
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Al-Shabaab Arrest Local Worker for Unknown Reasons
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Health Secretary, Doctors, Residents Beg World for Immediate Help
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World Heath Organization Advocates Chain–Free Initiative
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TFG Big on Promises, Light on Action in Helping Mogadishu's IDPs
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Somalia's Healthcare Crisis Grows Worse as Professionals Flee Conflict
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Post Traumatic Stress and Drug Abuse on the Rise in Nairobi's Eastleigh District
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Puntland Health Ministry Says Infections Up
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Ethiopian Protestors Arrested
NGOs
Exclusive
African Development Solutions Better Expresses Growth And Future of Aid Agency
Aweys Cadde
Degan Ali and Fatima Jibrell of ADESO, formerly Horn Relief
The Horn Relief aid organization has announced that they have changed their name to ADESO (African Development Solutions) after two decades of operations in East Africa. The announcement was made at a 20th anniversary celebration held in Nairobi on Thursday, attended by more than 180 representatives from governments, diplomatic missions, United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private sector participants.
“Over 20 years ago, we began our work in one town, in Badhan, Somalia. Now we are working with communities in three African countries: Somalia, Kenya and South Sudan. We are a very different organization today than we were in 1991,” said Degan Ali, ADESO’s Executive Director. “We touch countless lives in Kenya and Somalia: women, youth and pastoralists, as well as returning refugees in South Sudan. Having worked with this new brand for over a year now, we feel it best captures where we came from, our growth, and where we are today,” she added.
“Today, we are bringing yet another change to the organization by adopting a...
03/29/2012
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50 Cent in Gedo with World Food Programme
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Militants Destroy Aid Rations, ICRC Hits Back
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MSF Aid Workers Held By Al-Shabaab In Lower Shabelle, One Aid Worker Was Wounded
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Move Comes as List of 16 Banned Agencies Published
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Accuses NGO of Supporting Al-Shabaab
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A Profile of SAACID's Efforts in Mogadishu
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Help Us Find NGOs Who Do Not Deliver on Their Promises
Security
Feature
Aid Agencies Say the Move is Only Temporary Due to Rising Insecurity
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IDP Camp
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Buulo Kantarol camp in southern Galkayo of Somalia's Galmudug region are suffering from severe food shortages and lack of shelter now that aid workers have suspended operations due to rising security concerns, according to IDPs who spoke to Somalia Report.
Mohamed Askar, a father of five kids living in a makeshift house in the camp, explained how dire the situation has become.
"I have five kids and they need me to take care of them, but how? I can't get work that will generate enough money to take care of them. I have donkey cart and I get little money from it. We used to get some food from aid workers, but for a while we have not received food from them. They left us with no food, no water and...
02/20/2012
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Blast Hits Badbaado Camp, IDPs Flee
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Police Seem Unable to Stop Wave of Violence
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32 IDP Camps to be Moved for Security Reasons
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Refugees Start Own Security Teams to Patrol Against Presence of Al-Shabaab
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UNHCR and DRC Helping to Improve Living Conditions for IDPs
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2 IDPs Killed, 4 Wounded in Shooting Over Relief Aid
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IDP Camps in Mogadishu Fear Rampant Looting and Threats From Troops
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TFG Argues Ban Intended to Punish Kenya, Will Harm IDPs Instead
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In-fighting Breaks Out Between Government Soldiers at Badbaado IDP Camp
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Aid Official Worried About Looting
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The Spanish Aid Workers Were Kidnapped In Kenya
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MSF Employees Believed to Be Spanish
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Aid Workers Not Allowed to Travel to Al-Shabaab Areas for Security Reasons
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Militants Vow to Arrest Anyone Fleeing to Refugee Camps in Kenya or Ethiopia
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7 Dead While Waiting for Food Aid
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One Person Killed, Three Wounded as Aid Stolen
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Army Blames Militia in Disguise
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Suspected Men Attempted To Rape Women In Badbaado IDP Camp
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Another Famine, Another War. What Did America Learn From 1993?
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Over 50 Families Homeless After Attack
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Youths Storm Police Station to Protest Demolition of Refugee Businesses
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Nowhere Safe: Refugees Face Violence in Both Somalia and Yemen
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Drought Largest Cause Of Displacement
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57 Presumed Dead While Crossing Gulf of Aden to Yemen
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Gang members arrested, jailed
Children
Breaking News
Tragedy Strikes IDP Camp in Galgudud
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Child playing mortar shell (File Photo)
At least three young children, who were living in a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in Bali-Jiir village of Galgadud region, lost their lives this evening after a landmine they were playing with exploded, according to eyewitnesses who spoke to
Somalia Report.
“The children were playing with an explosive device which attracted them like a toy, but they were killed immediately. I heard the blast and saw the smoke, frightening me," said Abdullahi Hussein, an IDP in the camp.
Two other young children survived the blast and are suffering from shock, added Mr. Hussein blaming the rising mounds of trash for the accident.
"There is rubbish everywhere in the camp, some of which includes military debris, and there is nobody coming to clean it," complained the...
02/16/2012
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24 Killed Since October, Others Injured, Raped and Recruited
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Only 2,200 Orphans Getting Help While 37,800 Others Suffer
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Deaths Set to Grow Amid Famine, Disease, says UNICEF
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Child Says Recruited by Al-Shabaab and TFG
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Forced Recruitment, Death and No Education Face Youth
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Part of Wider UNICEF Plans to Boost Female Education
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At Least 25 Dead This Year From Complications
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735 Children Treated or Succumbed to Trauma in Mogadishu During May
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No Reason Given For Move
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An Interview with Save Somali Women and Children's Exective Director
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Situation In Somalia Worst In World
Food
UPDATE
Conditions Still Dire
Relief Supplies from Kuwait
The United Nations (UN) has declared the end of famine in Somalia, six months after it announced a deadly drought in the Horn of Africa.
According to the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU), the situation in Somalia is beginning to normalize in most parts of the country following the long-awaited rains leading to substantial harvests and humanitarian assistance. However, the crisis is not over yet. A few areas lack access to food assistance.
The number of people in need of emergency humanitarian assistance in Somalia has dropped from 4 million to 2.3 million, 31 percent of the population.
In July, last year, the UN declared the worst drought catastrophe across the Horn of Afric...
02/04/2012
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Aid Distribution Temporarily Halted After Group is Blocked by Militants
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Somalia Report Interviews Director Sharif Mohamed Abdalle
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Local NGO Official Seized Then Released After Elders Negotiate with Al-Shabaab
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TFG Vows to Punish Those Responsible
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Days After Qaddafi's Death, Transitional Government Already Helping Neighbors
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Al-Qaeda Officially Supports Al-Shabaab
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Al-shabaab Officials Denied, Accusing Government of Banning Aids
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Turkey Sends Delegation, Supplies to Somalia, Travels to Lower Shabelle
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TFG and ASWJ Troops Guard UNICEF Supplies
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Locals Complain of Looting, Harassment by Government and Ras Kamboni Troops
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OIC pledges $350 Million for Drought-stricken Somalia
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Drought, Lack of Manpower, Reliance on Aid Permanently Damage Farming Industry
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IDP Camps of Afgoye Corrider and Lower Shabelle Included
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Kuwait Supplies and South African NGO Aim to Assist Starving Somalis
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WFP Hopes to Deliver Aid to Starving Somalis by Wednesday
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At Least 460 Children Dead This Year Due to Drought
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Tarsan Accuses UN of Giving Somalis 40 Year Old Stored Food, Displacing Somalis
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Misunderstanding Causes Massive Looting, Injuries at Ifo Camp in Kenya
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Food Rations Cut As $46 Million Is Needed To Feed 1.2 million Somalis
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Blind and Disabled Receive $8 Each In Aliyale Village, Bal'ad District
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New Report Details Heightened Impact on Somalis
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Streets Calm But Al Shabaab Controlled Areas Suffering
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Mark Bowden to Assess Humanitarian Needs
Drought
UN declares drought over in Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle
More than 100 families have bid Mogadishu farewell as a part of the ongoing resettlement program initiated by the Somali government and Muslim countries.
Muslim countries including Iran, Turkey and Kuwait are some of the nations that have shipped aid to drought-ravaged Somalia.
Turkish and Iranian aid agencies currently manage many of the camps in the capital Mogadishu as well as offering medical facilities to thousands of internally displaced people (IDP).
Iran Red Crescent on Tuesday began the process of returning the displaced persons to their regions after the United Nations declared three regions southern Somalia regions -- namely Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle -- as no longer experiencing famine conditions, as of November 18th.
The head of the resettlement...
11/29/2011
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Aid Agency Warns Conflict Could Ruin Gains
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Gedo Region Neglected, Says Group
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5,000 Tons to Reach Famine Victims
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Relief Program 24% Short of Goal And Need Is Expected to Increase.
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$3 Per Container Highest in Somalia
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Interview with Chairman of the Center for Peace and Community Development
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Officials Urge Aid Agencies to Improve Agricultural Sectors
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Famine Victims Susceptible to Other Illnesses
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Looted, Stolen and Re-Sold Food Widely Available in Mogadishu
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He Says Dadaab Refugee Camp is Overcrowded, a Threat to Security
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Leaders Disucss Relief, Security, Development at Two Day Summit in Nairobi
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Horn of Africa Crisis Summit Begins in Nairobi
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750,000 People Facing Death in Next Four Months
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Poor Turnout as $350 Million Pledged
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60 New Patients Registered Each Day
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Iranian Delegation Latest in Glut of Foreign Visitors
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Deforestation Contributing Factor to Famine, Say Experts
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Herders Forced to Bring Cattle to Capital to Survive
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Visit Intended to Rally Muslim Aid, Show Improved Security
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Pledges £25 Million To UNICEF
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Trying to Overcome Looting, Lack of Funds, Shortage of Supplies and Curses
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Somalia’s Complex System of Survival Destroyed By More Than Lack of Rain
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Government Forces Open Fire as They Loot, Businessmen Steal 8 Trucks of Food
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Calls For Increased Donor Response
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Militants Accept 'Compulsory Donations' From Local Residents, Businesses
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Money to Target Immediate Relief, Long-Term Preparedness
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Aid Agency Says More to Follow
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Official Says Foreign Aid Welcome, But Some Say Payments Being Made
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Tens of Thousands Dead Due to Malnutrition
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Says Move Designed to Stop Individuals Posing as Aid Workers
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Pro-al-Shabaab Media Advocates for Humanitarian Assistance
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Young Women Fleeing Drought Allegedly Targeted
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Kenya Promises to Open New Camp for Refugees
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IDPs Relocated From Mogadishu as Bowden Calls for International Assistance
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Italian Delegation in Mogadishu
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Move Presents Win-Win Scenario for Insurgent Group
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Deaths Mounting as Tens of Thousands Flee
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Neither Al-Shabaab nor Police Want IDPs in Mogadishu, Arrests Made
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€5.67 Million Aimed at Helping Deal With Massive Refugee Influx
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Drought Forces Families to Seek Shelter in Abandoned Building, Need Assistance
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Residents Feel 'Helpless' as Supplies Run Low
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Water Prices Soar, Livestock Dying in Record Numbers
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Cultivated Land Devastated, Homes Destroyed
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Meets PM in Mogadishu, Says Resources Lacking
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Poor Rains Could Worsen Drought, Raise Prices
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Drought-Hit Locals Elated With Development
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Chairman of Drought Prevention Resigns Amid Division, Death, Failure
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At Least 28 Dead, Locals Say
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AMISOM Digs Six Wells in Mogadishu
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Drought Overrides Ideological Concerns
Floods
Trucks Carrying Desperately Needed Food Stuck for 8 Days Forcing Up Food Prices
Flooded Somali Village (File Photo)
More than 45 trucks loaded with food and en-route to Somalia's southern regions of Bay, Gedo and Lower Juba were reportedly stranded by floods caused by weeks of rain and fighting between insurgents and government forces.
"We saw 29 heavy commercial trucks loaded with sugar, rice, floor and oil stopped by the floods in Qansaxdhere in Bay and Lower Juba Regions," witnesses said.
Trucks drivers Ali Jamac Gagale, Abdi Alasow, Mohamed Tagane, and Moumin Tohow told Somalia Report that the floods affected the already rough roads and they had difficulty in reaching other towns quickly.
"We stayed here in this forest area between Gedo and Bay for eight days. There are 21 trucks here...
10/26/2011
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No Relief for IDPs in Somalia
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Twelve Others Remain Unknown
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Urgent Help Needed for Residents, Heath Problems Increase
Gender
Camp Director Misappopriates Food Supplies, Refugees Complain
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Fadtuma Abtidon Mahamad
Recently there were complaints from the people in the internally displaced camps (IDP) in and around Guri-el town, Galgadud region who fled their homes due to drought and war. To find out more than about their conditions, Somalia Report visited the camps and interviewed some of people especially women including Fatima Abtidon Muhammad and Hadsan Mohammed abdi.
How the situation of life in particular camp?
My name is Fatuma Abtidon Muhumad and I am the occupant of Damao camp. Really life in this camp is extremely difficult and we always concerned about about life in this place it gets worse by the day.
Can you precisely tell me what you complaints are?
Our main complaints are that aid organization are not bringing enough supplies of food. The little they send are misappropriated by landlord who is also the head of the camps. When we try to complain to authorities against our landlords they threaten us to throw us out out of the camps.
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Hadsan Mahamud Abdi
Where did the most of the people in this camps come from originally?
My name is Hadsan Muhamud Abdi. Most of the people here all lost their animals to drought while the rest are people displaced by the war in other areas of the country.
Is there any request that would like make?
Yes, we request any form of help especially things such water, food and shelter which are the basic needs.
03/19/2011
