Somalia

Somalia: Gearing up in Galgaduud

In large parts of south and central Somalia, where malnutrition rates are high, ongoing conflict makes it difficult for international organizations like MSF to operate at full capacity.

Somalia 2010 © Julien Rey MSF

"I haven't seen our home region for over nine months"

As more than 2,000 Somalis cross the borders of their country into Kenya and Ethiopia every day in search of assistance, in Somalia itself unprecedented numbers of people are on the move in a de

"It’s only lunchtime and we’ve already admitted 151 children today.”

Dr Hussein Sheikh Qassim works in the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Marere, southern Somalia. He spoke to us by phone at 1pm on 15 July 2011.

"Over the past weeks, I've seen hundreds of malnourished children"

My name is Osman* and I work for MSF as the nutritional supervisor in Marere, a village of 6,000 people in south central Somalia.

A Somali child suffering from malnutrition receives treatment at MSF clinic

Thank you to everyone who has supported our Somalia Appeal to date.  Even for the long-suffering Somali...

 

In a displaced people's camp in Somaliland, life flourishes amidst hardship.

 

Somalia
Newsflash June 2011: Somalia is facing a medical emergency as severe drought strikes.  Children are the hardest hit...

Somalia 2010 © Siegfried Modola

This document gives an overview of MSF activities related to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia, which have...

MSF condemns the
shelling of Daynile Hospital in Mogadishu,
which took place Friday, March 30th.

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