UN Refugee Agency decries Daily Atrocities in Somalia

The U.N. refugee agency says the humanitarian situation in Somalia is getting worse and worse and «serious atrocities are taking place almost on a daily basis.

UNHCR spokesman William Spindler says civilians are being shelled and that there is widespread rape and hostage-taking. The Geneva-based agency estimates 117,000 people have fled fighting in the capital Mogadishu since May 8.

Aid agencies like UNHCR are struggling to cope with the increasing needs of the population but their work has been hampered by the proximity of the fighting. Spindler told reporters Tuesday that 200 people, mostly civilians, have reportedly been killed over the past month.

Source:Ecoterra, June 10, 2009

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