US backed Ethiopian Army
Posted by USHOSTAGE1 at 12/14/2007 1:54 PM 
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| Somalia faces humanitarian disaster Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:07:38 presstv.ir | |
About 200,000 refugees, mostly women and children, have fled from a pro-government offensive to makeshift camps along a 10-mile stretch of sun-baked asphalt that leads from the seaside capital of Mogadishu toward the inland town of Afgoye. The crisis is brutal on young people. The conflicts in Sudan's Darfur region and in eastern Congo may have displaced more people, but international relief efforts in Somalia have faltered in the face of violence that has emptied entire neighborhoods in Mogadishu. The United Nations Children's Fund said last week that one-quarter of the refugees around Afgoye was younger than age 5. Fewer than 1 in 10 Mogadishu children attend school now. Local groups estimate that 6,000 people have died in the fighting this year. According to UNICEF, sick children and pregnant women often are turned away at checkpoints. In some areas, trucks carrying food and other humanitarian aid have to pay tolls of $500 each, UN officials said. ABZ/PA |
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