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With Famine Crisis Thousands of Somalis Flee to Ethiopia Refugee Camps

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:43:50 GMT

Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.

Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado, where a complex of camps is assisted by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

With Famine Crisis Thousands of Somalis Flee to Ethiopia Refugee Camps

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:43:50 GMT

Somali refugees sit outside a battered tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.

Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado, where a complex of camps is assisted by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

With Famine Crisis Thousands of Somalis Flee to Ethiopia Refugee Camps

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:43:50 GMT

Somali refugee women carry firewood at their camp in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.

Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence in the border town of Dollo Ado, at a complex of camps assisted by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

With Famine Crisis Thousands of Somalis Flee to Ethiopia Refugee Camps

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:43:50 GMT

A portrait of a Somali refugee in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.

With drought and famine ravaging their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado where a complex of camps is assisted by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Victims of Famine Seek Treatment at Mogadishu Hospital

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:43:50 GMT

Parents wait with their malnourished and dehydrated children in a corridor at Banadir Hospital in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Somalia is gripped by a devastating drought and famine that has already killed tens of thousands and is leaving many hundreds of thousands more, particularly young children and babies, in desperate need of emergency life-saving humanitarian assistance from the outside world.

Somalia Suffers from Worst Drought in Century

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:43:50 GMT

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) wait for food distribution at the Badbado camp. Famine has been declared in two regions of southern Somalia – southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle. The United Nations indicates that 3.7 million people across the country, that’s nearly half of the Somali population, are now in crisis and in urgent need of assistance. An estimated 2.8 million of those are in the south.

Somalia Suffers from Worst Drought in Century

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:43:50 GMT

A woman holding her young malnourished baby queues for food at the Badbado camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Famine has been declared in two regions of southern Somalia – southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle. The United Nations indicates that 3.7 million people across the country, that’s nearly half of the Somali population, are now in crisis and in urgent need of assistance. An estimated 2.8 million of those are in the south.

Somalia Suffers from Severe Drought

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:43:50 GMT

A Somali woman holds a malnourished child, waiting for medical assistance from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an active regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations. Somalia is the country worst affected by a severe drought that has ravaged large swaths of the Horn of Africa, leaving an estimated 11 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

Somali Malnourished Child Taken for Emergency Treatment

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:43:50 GMT

Somali men carry a severely malnourished child to the headquarters of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for emergency medical treatment. AMISOM is an active regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations. Somalia is affected by a severe drought that has ravaged large swaths of the Horn of Africa, leaving an estimated 11 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

Somalia Suffers from Severe Drought

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:43:50 GMT

A woman hands over a malnourished child to the medical team of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an active regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations. Somalia is the country worst affected by a severe drought that has ravaged large swaths of the Horn of Africa, leaving an estimated 11 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.