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  • Interview: OCHA Mogadishu Head of Office
    11 April 2013 - 12:07pm
    More than 360,000 people displaced by conflict live in makeshift tents in crowded conditions in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. OCHA is working with humanitarian organizations to support the Government’s efforts to relocate the displaced families to the outskirts of the city, where they will have...
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  • Somalia: Better access to people in need in the south
    20 February 2013 - 1:29pm
    UN agencies and humanitarian partners are reaching more people with much-needed healthcare services in parts of southern Somalia that were once inaccessible due to conflict and insecurity.  “The lack of health services in Somalia has the same effect as conflict; it displaces people,”...
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  • Somalia: One year after famine was declared
    20 July 2012 - 6:26pm
    Despite the progress made since famine was declared in parts of Somalia last July, 3.8 million people still need humanitarian aid, Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Bowden said on Friday, appealing to countries to continue supporting relief efforts in the East African country.    “Last year,...
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