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HORN OF AFRICA
IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-Up 411
8 - 14 December 2007


CONTENTS:

SOMALIA: Soup kitchens for the poorest in Mogadishu
SOMALIA: Aid appeal broadened to cope with massive displacement
SUDAN: Water shortage fears in Darfur camps


See Also

ETHIOPIA: Drought insurance extended to 6.7 million people
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75865

ETHIOPIA: Healing the scars of conflict
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75843

EAST AFRICA: Locust infestation serious in Kenya and Ethiopia, says FAO
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75831

SOMALIA: Genet Mengesha: "Yemen is still my destination"
http://www.irinnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=75778

SOMALIA-YEMEN: Fadumo Abdullahi: "Staying in Mogadishu was worse than dying"
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75847


SOMALIA: Soup kitchens for the poorest in Mogadishu

An NGO in Somalia has set up soup kitchens targeting the poorest 
families in the capital, Mogadishu, who are unable to access help due to 
ongoing violence.

"We are operating 10 kitchens in 10 of the 16 districts of Mogadishu, 
providing cooked food to thousands of people who would otherwise go 
hungry," Mohamed Abdullahi Mahamud, of Saacid, the NGO running the 
kitchens, told IRIN.

Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75852


SOMALIA: Aid appeal broadened to cope with massive displacement

Massive displacement of civilians in the escalating conflict in Somalia 
this year has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in a country already 
reeling from years of civil strife and natural disasters, aid agencies 
said in their appeal for US$406 million to fund life-saving assistance 
and protection for more than 1.5 million people in 2008.

Fighting between forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), 
which is backed by Ethiopian troops, and insurgents, intensified in 
Mogadishu in early 2007.

Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75807


SUDAN: Water shortage fears in Darfur camps

Long queues of women and children at water distribution points are a 
frequent sight in the Abou Shouk displaced persons camp of North Darfur. 
But at Mornei camp in West Darfur, the children play under gushing taps 
and water streams across muddy roads.

The danger of this contrast is outlined in a recent report warning that 
21 camps, home to 800,000 of the 2,400,000 displaced people in Darfur, 
are potentially vulnerable to a severe water shortage in the event of a 
drought.

Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75736


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