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Somalia

» Capital: Mogadishu
» Population: 7.964 million
» Concern started work in: 1986
» Concern's annual budget: €2,569,497
» Concern staff: 78
» GDP per capita: n/a
» Life expectancy: 46.2 years
» Living with HIV&AIDS: 0.9%
» Literacy: n/a
» Currency: Somali Shillig
A Somali woman sits with fellow refuge seekers on the beach along the coast of the southern Yemeni town of Ahrwar. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah courtesy www.alertnet.org

Somalia stories

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  • A life forged in Africa

    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.  (14 Feb 2008)

  • Recognising a global call to action

    Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and UN commissioner for human rights reflects on her many years of association with Concern. This article is featured in today's Irish Times supplement about Concern and its work.  (13 Feb 2008)

  • Recognising a global call to action

    Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and UN commissioner for human rights reflects on her many years of association with Concern. This article was featured in an Irish Times supplement about Concern and its work.  (13 Feb 2008)

  • Rains continue as UN predict worst floods in 50 years

    Up to 1.8 million people have been affected by floods in parts of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.   (01 Dec 2006)

  • Thousands of people displaced, due to severe flooding in the Somali region in East Africa

    The UN stated that 67 people have been killed and estimate that over 200,000 have been affected. Over 1,000 cattle have been killed, which communities in this region rely on for income as well as food.  (14 Nov 2006)

  • Current situation in Somalia

    Concern Somalia undertook a four day rapid assessment in January 2006 in the Berdaale and Qansax-Dhere Districts in Southern Somalia, where the impact of the drought was very particularly severe.  (04 Jul 2006)

  • Somalia is one of the countries experiencing food shortages

    Somalia is one of the countries experiencing food shortages  (29 Jul 2005)