Shelter Centre

Date: 31 Aug 2010
Source: ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland Geneva (ICRC) – Hundreds of thousands of people who have fled the fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu and other towns since 2007 are living in increasingly harsh conditions.

Date: 09 Aug 2010
Source: Voice of America

Date: 30 Jul 2010
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Source: UNHCR The UN refugee agency expresses alarm at a deterioration in the treatment of uprooted Somali civilians, both inside Somalia and in the surrounding region.

Source: IRIN Conditions for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in and around Mogadishu continue to worsen daily, with hunger, disease and lack of shelter taking their toll on an already vulnerable population, according to local sources.

Date: 21 Jun 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Date: 16 Jun 2010
Source: Danish Refugee Council

Source: IRIN Renewed militia fighting and heavy rains in Somalia's central regions of Hiiraan and Galgadud have forced thousands of people to abandon their homes, say officials.

Source: UNHCR More than 17,000 people have been displaced from their homes in the Somali capital Mogadishu in May. Over 14,300 fled in the past two weeks alone, following renewed, heavy fighting between the ...

Date: 26 May 2010
Source: AlertNet

Source: UNHCR UNHCR appeals for consistency in the ways that countries are dealing with people fleeing Somalia.

Date: 20 May 2010
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Source: IRIN Flooding and fear of renewed clashes in Somalia's south-central region of Hiiraan have displaced thousands of families in and around Beletweyne, the regional capital, sources told IRIN.

Source: IRIN They spent most of their lives in crowded refugee camps after their families fled violence in Somalia but now 22 men and six women have won scholarships to study in Canada.

Source: IRIN At least 200 families have been displaced and 185 houses destroyed following heavy rains and strong winds, which also killed six people in Hargeisa, capital of the semi-autonomous Somaliland region, officials said.

Source: ECHO A severe drought in 2009 has meant that many pastoralists in Somalia are no longer able to survive off the land. They have given up their traditional way of life and are now heading to towns in search of humanitarian support.

Date: 13 Apr 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Source: IRIN Hundreds of people have been displaced and at least 7,000 hectares of newly sown crops destroyed by floods after a river burst its banks in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region, local officials told IRIN.

Source: IRIN Managing camps for displaced people is usually a complex business involving aid agencies, governments and elaborate coordination mechanisms.