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Misery in Somalia
Misery in Somalia
Last Modified: 20 Dec 2007
By:
Jonathan Miller
This week the Ethiopian president accused the UN of exaggerating the situation in Somalia and damaging the country in the process.
In November the UN had said the humanitarian crisis there was the worst in Africa.
The Ethiopian claims, whose soldiers invaded the country over a year ago, have been dismissed by UN officials and our latest pictures from Mogadishu reveal the depth of the misery there.
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