NAIROBI, 28 February 2011 (IRIN): With aid groups having pulled out of camps for internally displaced people (IDPs = fordrevne) and more people fleeing violence in Mogadishu, the plight of IDPs is at its most extreme, say civil society sources and local aid workers in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
– The situation is worse today than at any time in the past and the need is even greater, with more people being displaced either by the conflict or drought, Abdulkadir Ibrahim Abkow, chairman of the Somali Civil Society Forum (SCSF), told IRIN.
He said hundreds of thousands of families living in IDP camps on the outskirts of the city were facing a dire situation as food was running out and water shortages beginning to bite.
– There have not been any aid agencies providing assistance in the past four to five months, either in the camps on the Afgoye corridor or those in the north of Mogadishu, noted he.
An aid worker in the Afgoye corridor, who declined to be named, said vulnerability had increased since the withdrawal of many agencies and the escalation of fighting in Mogadishu in the last couple of months.
– More and more people are coming to the camps, including drought-displaced, who are weaker than even those from Mogadishu. The problem is there is no help here. They just have to fend for themselves or rely on help from other IDPs, he noted.
Upsurge in fighting
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