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HORN OF AFRICA
IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-Up 435
28 June - 4 July 2008


CONTENTS:

ETHIOPIA: Government calls for more funds to offset food shortages
SOMALIA: Displaced return as fighting subsides in central town
SOMALIA: Govt denounces attacks on aid workers as abductions continue
SOMALIA: Thousands displaced following attack on central town


ALSO SEE:

GLOBAL: NGOs call for more funds, investment in agriculture at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79047

GLOBAL: US farm bill "too little, too late" for developing world at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79036


ETHIOPIA: Government calls for more funds to offset food shortages

Donor pledges to cover food and non-food items were insufficient to 
tackle the massive food shortages the country is facing, the government 
has said.

"Until now we have got US$160 million in pledges," Deputy Prime Minister 
Addisu Legese said. "[But] we need $430 million," the official, who 
recently visited some of the most affected areas, added.

[Full report: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79054]


SOMALIA: Displaced return as fighting subsides in central town

Life is returning to normal in Guri-Eil in Galgadud region, central 
Somalia, as thousands of displaced people make their way back to the 
town after fleeing fighting between Ethiopian forces and insurgents.

"The town is calm and we have begun the process of bringing back the 
population," Ali Sheikh Mahamud, the Galgadud district commissioner, 
told IRIN on 3 July.

[Full report: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79074]


SOMALIA: Govt denounces attacks on aid workers as abductions continue

The government and civil society groups condemned the continuing attacks 
against aid workers even as another five Somali aid workers were 
abducted.

"It seems there is a concerted campaign against aid workers and civil 
society. We don't know who is behind it or why," said a civil society 
source in Mogadishu, who requested anonymity.

[Full report: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79053]


SOMALIA: Thousands displaced following attack on central town

Officials in Guri-Eil town in Galgadud region have appealed for urgent 
help for thousands of people displaced after fighting between Ethiopian 
troops and insurgents over the weekend.

"Most of the [30,000] residents and thousands of displaced fled the town 
after intense fighting between the Ethiopians and the insurgents on 
Sunday [29 June]," Osman Isse Nur, the deputy district commissioner, 
told IRIN on 30 June.

[Full report: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79009]


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