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Somali Women, Children Bear Superhuman Burden

The exit of the militant group Al Shabaab has led to the first relief airlift in five years in the capital of Somalia, but the situation for women and children remains precarious, humanitarian workers warn.

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File photo: Receiving aid in Somalia.

  • Ethiopia:   Ten Children Die Every Day in Refugee Camp

    UN News, 16 August 2011

    Death rates among Somali refugees who have entered Ethiopia to seek succour from famine has reached alarming levels, the United Nations refugee agency reported today, saying that… Read more »

  • Somalia:   Child Mortality Rates 'Alarming' - UN

    UNHCR, 16 August 2011

    The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that child mortality rates at a camp for Somali refugees in eastern Ethiopia have reached "alarming" levels, with an average of 10 children under… Read more »

  • Somalia:   Women Bear Superhuman Burden

    IPS, 9 August 2011

    While the exit of the Al-Qaeda-backed rebel group Al Shabaab has led to the first U.N. relief airlift in five years in the capital of famine-wracked Somalia, the situation for… Read more »

  • Somalia:   Women's Exclusion Worsens Crises

    SACSIS, 9 August 2011

    On July 22, 2011 the newly appointed Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, a Harvard-trained professor of economics, announced his 49-member cabinet. There are only two women… Read more »

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