Somalia: On Visit to Mogadishu, UN Refugee Chief Urges Scale-Up of Aid for Displaced

1 September 2011

The United Nations refugee chief has called for a rapid increase in aid for Somalis uprooted by drought, famine and conflict, as he visited the capital, Mogadishu, which is hosting some 400,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs).

"We are seeing here a deadly combination of conflict and drought and the misery is out of proportion to what is being done," High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said yesterday as he met with IDPs sheltering on the grounds of Mogadishu's crumbling cathedral.

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