Vold i det centrale Somalia har gjort det “svært, hvis ikke umuligt for humanitære hjælpearbejdere” at nå frem til dem, der har behov for hjælp, siger FN’s Flygtningehøjkommissariat (UNHCR):
– Mange [fordrevne] rapporteres at sove i det fri med ringe ly og lidt vand, udtaler Roberta Russo, talskvinde for UNHCR Somalia i dag til Irin News.
– There are also growing concerns about the health of particularly vulnerable groups such as children, women and the elderly, Roberta Russo said.
Fighting between various groups in central Somalia and in Mogadishu escalated in January, displacing an estimated 80,000 people.
At least 29,000 fled Dusamareb in Galgadud, while 25,000 fled renewed clashes in Beled Weyne in Hiraan, UNHCR said. Both regions are in central Somalia.
In Mogadishu, where at least 18,000 have fled ongoing clashes, most of those affected had returned to the city, thinking it was more peaceful. However, on 31 January “parts of the city experienced some of the most intense shelling we have seen in a long time,” said Ali Sheikh Yassin, deputy chairman of the Mogadishu-based Elman Human Rights Organization (EHRO).
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