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Last Updated Fri,14, Dec.08.2007 08:00 am-Mogadishu Somalia
Somali children die of malnutrition at Hiran region in central Somalia


Mogadishu 14,Nov.07 ( Sh.M.Network)
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The death of three children are confirmed from Hiran region in central Somalia as to the reports coming from the region these children died of acute malnutrition and were offspring of families which have fled from the capital Mogadishu.

These displaced people from Mogadishu were camped at the suburbs of Baladweyn town, and in the past 24hours three children died in the camps of Nasib, Duban Subagle which are all in the fringes of Baladweyn.

Magalo Mohamed Hussein verified for the media that three children died of severe malnutrition and famine.

The occupants of these camps are estimated 1,200 families who fled from Bay, Bakool, and the Somali administered region in Ethiopia and the capital Mogadishu.

These families are now seriously complaining of an outbreak of diarrhea and tremendous fever yet there is no local or international organization, which came to stand for their needs.

The humanitarian organizations said these people need quick humanitarian help to save their lives.




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