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Drought in Africa -- an urgent appeal
Posted by George.Rupp on July 20th, 2011
In response to increasing displacement caused by the devastating drought in the Horn of Africa and East Africa, we issued a press release and posted a Web special report earlier this month to raise public awareness of the crisis and note the IRC’s response. more »
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“We walked all the way, for twenty days”
Posted by Milka Choge on July 19th, 2011
I met Madina Aden, a 36-year-old mother of five, with her two sons at the mobile clinic run by the IRC on the outskirts of the Hagadera refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. We were treating newly arrived refugees -- families who had fled drought and insecurity in neighboring Somalia. more »
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Quoted: Drought and conflict are "devastating" Somalis
Posted by The.IRC on July 7th, 2011
"The people of Somalia are fighting a combination of devastating factors all at once, including conflict, recurrent drought, livestock disease and high food prices." more »
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Join the fight for children’s rights
Posted by George.Rupp on October 20th, 2010
Since 1989, no president has taken the final step required for ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The time has now come to end this embarrassing state of affairs. more »
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Somalia: “Water first!”
Posted by Sergio.Trevisan on October 15th, 2010
Reading news headlines from Somalia, it is easy to think that here is a country without hope. But that impression is far from the truth. The people I have met here have an amazing capacity for living and getting on with their lives, despite abject poverty, a sense of lawlessness and other harsh realities they have to face daily. more »
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Finding refuge from Somalia's violence [Photos]
Posted by joanne.offer on March 19th, 2010
Violent and incessant conflict in and around Mogadishu – the capital of Somalia – has forced more than 1 million Somalis to seek shelter in makeshift camps around the country. more »
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Somali Refugees: A look inside Dadaab camp
Posted by joanne.offer on August 17th, 2009
During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s seven-nation tour of Africa this month, Joanne Offer is telling the stories of Somali refugees who are facing hard times in an overcrowded camp in Kenya. more »
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Somali Refugees: Mohamed's Story
Posted by joanne.offer on August 12th, 2009
Mohamed Yusuf was beaten on the back of his knee by a soldier during his journey from Kismayo in Somalia to a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya “The soldier used the back of his gun against my knee and I’ve had problems walking ever since,” says Mohamed. more »
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Somali Refugees: Dahir's story
Posted by joanne.offer on August 11th, 2009
Mohamed is 15 and comes from Kismayo in Somalia. Dahir says: “My father died in the fighting – he wasn’t a soldier, our village was attacked. I also lost my mother during the civil war and I don’t know where she is." more »
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Somali Refugees: Iftin’s story
Posted by joanne.offer on August 7th, 2009
Eighteen-year-old Iftin Mohamed dropped out of school when she was just ten or eleven. (Although school is free, families say they have to provide materials like notebooks and pens.) Iftin now has a ten-month old daughter, Magal, who’s been struggling to get over an infection. more »
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