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Horn of Africa: IRIN-HORN OF AFRICA Weekly Round-up 398 for 8-14 September 2007

15 Sep 2007 09:33:16 GMT
Source: IRIN

NAIROBI, 15 September 2007 (IRIN) - CONTENTS:

SOMALIA: Call to help neglected IDPs SOMALIA: UN staff member killed SOMALIA: Numbers of IDPs overwhelming border town SUDAN: Darfur rebels accuse government of bombing their positions

SOMALIA: Call to help neglected IDPs

Civil society organisations in Somalia have urged aid agencies to help at least 2,500 displaced families who have sought refuge in the northern outskirts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

"We are appealing to the aid agencies operating in the country, particularly to the United Nations, to come to the assistance of these people," Madina Mahamud Ilmi, the deputy head of a civil society taskforce for the displaced, told IRIN on 13 September by telephone from Mogadishu. Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74275

SOMALIA: UN staff member killed

Unknown assailants shot and killed a local employee of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) in the Abudwak district of Galgadud, central Somalia, on 11 September, officials said.

Farah Warsame Diriye, 37, an officer with the WHO's polio programme, was on his way to inspect a polio campaign in the eastern part of Abudwak when his vehicle was ambushed, said Abdirizak Hassan Awl, the district commissioner. Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74249

SOMALIA: Numbers of IDPs overwhelming border town

At least 8,000 Somalis who fled violence in the capital, Mogadishu, are facing hunger, disease and lack of shelter in Dobley town, near the Kenyan border, local officials said.

"Our estimate is that since the end of April, between 5,000 and 8,000 have arrived in Dobley," Ali Hussein Nur, the district commissioner, told IRIN. Households in the small town, he added, were hosting two to three displaced families each. Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74227

SUDAN: Darfur rebels accuse government of bombing their positions

Darfur rebels have accused Sudanese government forces of bombing Haskanita, a rebel-held town in North Darfur, just days after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Khartoum had agreed to end attacks in the region.

Abu Bakr Kado, a commander with a faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM–Unity), said government forces launched an air and ground assault on the town on 10 September, without giving details of casualties. Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74223

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