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Piracy on Somali seas

Posted by Niall O Murchu | in Concern Blog | 20 April 2009 | 0 comments
Piracy on Somali seas

Update: Concern’s Overseas Director, Paul O’Brien, was interviewed on the “This Week” programme on RTE yesterday. Listen to the programme here.

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Somalia crisis deteriorates, aid agencies warn

Posted by Niall O Murchu | 31 March 2008
Family living under plastic sheeting on the15-kilometre stretch of road between Mogadishu and the town of Afgooye

The United Nations Security Council will be briefed in New York today on the worsening humanitarian situation in Somalia.

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Somalia crisis deteriorates: notes to editors

Posted by Alan O Reilly | 31 March 2008
Somalia crisis deteriorates: notes to editors

UN Security Council members will this week consider the Secretary General’s 21st March report on Somalia. At this important time NGOs feel it is vital to make a statement highlighting the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Somalia to ensure that these concerns are part of the debate and with the hope that they are reflected in any decisions made by the Security Council.

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Peace education through soccer

Posted by Alan O Reilly | in Concern Blog | 12 March 2008 | 8 comments

Kofi Annan has said that "sport has long displayed an inspiring ability to overcome national, political, ethnic and cultural differences…It can be especially powerful in instilling in children and young people universal values such as respect and tolerance." The Elman Football Club in Somalia, supported by Concern, could be said to be working from these assumptions. Read more

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A life forged in Africa

Posted by Niall O Murchu | 14 February 2008
Anne O'Mahony

Anne O'Mahony, Concern's regional director, leads Caitríona Mc Bride through a career that spanned continents. This article was featured in an Irish Times supplement about Concern and its work.

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Concern and 40 NGOs respond to catastrophe in Somalia

Posted by Niall O Murchu | 2 November 2007
Concern and 40 NGOs respond to catastrophe in Somalia

According to Concern and other international and national NGOs, there is an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in South Central Somalia. Tens of thousands of people are currently fleeing violence in Mogadishu adding to the up to 335,000 people already needing immediate lifesaving assistance in Mogadishu and the Shabelle regions.

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Concern continues work in Somalia

Posted by Niall O Murchu | 3 May 2007
Concern continues work in Somalia

Violent clashes in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, led to approximately 340,000 people being displaced. Although fighting has ceased and some people have started to return, the situation is very unclear.  The people displaced are without food or shelter and the distribution of aid has been difficult.

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