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Somalia violence kills nearly 6,000 since '06 - group
02 Dec 2007 11:38:40 GMT
Source: Reuters
MOGADISHU, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Conflict in Somalia has killed 5,930 civilians in the capital Mogadishu since the beginning of 2006, a local human rights group said on Sunday.

The Elman Peace and Human Rights Organisation added that it had verified 7,980 people wounded, and 717,784 displaced from their homes, in a turbulent two years that saw the rise and fall of an Islamist movment, followed by an insurgency.


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