Somalia: Children Bear the Brunt of Conflict

Hundreds of children younger than five have been wounded in the latest round of fighting in Mogadishu, accounting for almost half of all trauma cases in May, according to WHO.

A Somali mother and two children waiting for food at a feeding centre in Mogadishu.

Children play outside at an internally displaced persons camp in Arare, southern Somalia.

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