En international donorkonference om Somalia holdes torsdag i Bruxelles. Her vil Europa-Kommissionen stille 60 millioner euro til rådighed i bistand for at medvirke til at skabe sikkerhed og stabilitet i det kaotiske land på Afrikas Horn.
Det skriver Europa-Kommisionen på sin hjemmeside onsdag.
Ifølge IRIN NEWS stiger ofrene for den humanitære krise, som har sendt befolkningen på flugt i jagten efter mad.
NAIROBI, 22. April 2009 (IRIN) – More and more drought-affected internally displaced persons (IDPs – hjemstavnsfordrevne)) are flocking to towns across Somalia’ central region of Galgadud in search of food, despite the onset of the “Gu” rains (April-June), local officials told IRIN.
– Some 550 families (3.300 people) have arrived in Abudwaq from rural areas after losing their livestock, said Abdirizak Abdullahi Warsame, a doctor with Hadia Medical Swiss-Somalia, an NGO supported by Somalis in the diaspora and the Swiss government, and operating in Abudwaq District.
Warsame, the only doctor in the town, said people were coming into town because the rains had been “light and patchy”.
He said his organisation was providing medical help and water to the camps but this was not enough; the IDPs require food, shelter and more water.
– We are seeing malnutrition cases among the IDPs on the increase, Warsame noted.
He said they had written to aid agencies but had so far not received any assistance.
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