Somalia: Floods - Jun 2008 Updates

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HIGHLIGHTS - World cereal production in 2008 is forecast to increase 2.8 percent to a record 2 180 million tonnes. Most of the increase is in wheat following significant expansion in plantings in all...

Main developments During the reporting period, there were no improvements in security in Mogadishu as fighting between Ethiopian/Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and antigovernment groups...

Two children were amongst the victims of the heavy storms which hit Somali capital Mogadishu's region over the past week-end, affecting hundreds of thousands residents of the refugee camps around the...

NAIROBI, 16 June 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) camping in and around Mogadishu have been left without shelter after heavy rains pounded the Somali capital over the...

Mogadishu_(dpa) _ Six children living in makeshift camps around the Somali capital of Mogadishu have died in flooding brought on by torrential rain over the weekend, residents said Monday. Hundreds...