26 Nov 2012

SOMALIA / KISMAYO

After decades of war in Somalia, thousands of people left the port city of Kismayo and are living in camps. The militants have now fled the city and there is relative calm, still those displaced to Mogadishu say they will not go back. UNHCR

Posted at: November 26, 2012 2:02 pm

Duration: 01:39

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STORY: SOMALIA / KISMAYO
TRT: 1.39
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SOMALI / NATS

DATELINE: 12 NOVEMBER 2012, SAYIDKA RESETTLEMENT CAMP, MOGADISHU / KISMAYO, SOMALIA

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12 NOVEMBER 2012, SAYIDKA RESETTLEMENT CAMP, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

1.	Wide shot, camp
2.	Wide shot, IDPs walking around camp
3.	Close up, Halima Ahmed Ali  
4.	Med shot, Halima with her baby
5.	Close up, Halima's baby eating
6.	SOUNDBITE (Somali) Halima Ahmed Ali, Somali internally displaced person (IDP):
"When I was leaving, the fighting was going on. We got scared and came here three months ago. We were sacred because if we stayed, we would have been caught up in the fighting and not have a way out or transport. We are now here; we have nothing."
7.	Med shot, IDP woman cooking
8.	Close up, IDP baby
9.	Med shot, Gediyo and her children sitting
10.	SOUNDBITE (Somali) Gediyo Aden Salad, Somali IDP:
"So many people have left their houses in Kismayo, we are now displaced. We are living with relatives in camps and it is over crowded. We need help.¨

12 NOVEMBER 2012, KISMAYO, SOMALIA

11.	Wide shot, Kismayo port
12.	Various shots, bags being unloaded from ship

12 NOVEMBER 2012, SAYIDKA RESETTLEMENT CAMP, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

13.	Various shots, IDPs

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After decades of war in Somalia millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are living in settlements like the one in Sayidka.
 
When fighting broke out in the Port city of Kismayo, Halima Ahmed Ali took her six children and fled.

She came to the Sayidka IDP camp, near Mogadishu to live with a relative.

SOUNDBITE (Somali) Halima Ahmed Ali, Somali internally displaced person (IDP):
"When I was leaving, the fighting was going on. We got scared and came here three months ago. We were sacred because if we stayed, we would have been caught up in the fighting and not have a way out or transport. We are now here; we have nothing."

To date over 14,000 people have left Kismayo. Some have been displaced twice or even three times.

Gediyo Salad and her eight children are also a recent arrival.

SOUNDBITE (Somali) Gediyo Aden Salad, Somali IDP:
"So many people have left their houses in Kismayo, we are now displaced. We are living with relatives in camps and it is over crowded. We need help."
 
In Kismayo, the militants have fled and there is relative calm. The port, once a strategic battle front is abuzz with activity.

Still those displaced to Mogadishu say they will not go back to Kismayo. They are unsure that the calm will last, so they will look to start new lives where they are.