Displaced Somalis on the Increase

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says four months of intense fighting in Mogadishu have taken the total number of displaced Somalis to 1.55 million.

In a press statement, UNHCR notes that the figure includes more than 250 000 that have been displaced since renewed violence rocked the city in early May.

According to the UN, Somalia is currently experiencing its worst humanitarian crisis in 18 years of almost uninterrupted civil strife and one of the world's worst ongoing humanitarian tragedies.

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