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Somali PM warns against harming IDPs
20 Nov 20, 2011 - 6:10:10 AM
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Somalia a nation at war for more than two decades now has been on the media limelight since 1991 after the fall of the Somali central government way back in 1991. But that focus changed in 2010 from war to a humanitarian crisis in what the United Nations terms as the worst drought in sixty years in the Horn of African country.
The capital Mogadishu alone has witnessed close to a million internally displaced people who have fled the deadly drought in the South and central regions of Somalia.
The displaced people have been hit hard by the lack of basic amenities like food, shelter and clothing, the ongoing rains have added to the IDPs miseries. Rains have caused the spread of cholera and waterborne diseases to the people living in camps. Many children continue to lie in hospitals with many others succumbing due to lack of proper health amenities.
In recent days men disguised as government forces have committed killings and lootings in the displaced camps causing outcry from thousands of displaced persons.
Somali Prime Minister has said his administration will do its best in assisting the hundreds of people in Mogadishu camps following his visit to Badbado, the largest IDP complex in Dharkenley district South West of Mogadishu. He also passed a message of warning to those that loot the aid meant for the IDPs.
Looting has been on the rise in the displaced camps with some of these incidents leaving several IDPs dead. United Nations said on Friday malnutrition has reduced in Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle, which have now been downgraded from famine to emergency zones.
Endless conflict, poverty, a deadly humanitarian drought crisis and heavy rains have caused more suffering to the already dire situation faced by the thousands of internally displaced people living in deplorable conditions in make shift camps in Mogadishu.
Source: Press TV
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