Mogadishu Camps For Displaced People Still Packed
Waiting for food at distribution site in Mogadishu (Photo: Enough Project/Laura Heaton/Flickr)
The Somali capital Mogadishu is now relatively peaceful, under government control. But there are still ‘temporary’ camps that hold thousands of people displaced by the fighting there.
One aid group says ‘gatekeepers’ who manage the camps are preventing many from leaving. Host Aaron Schachter talks with Mark Yarnell with the group Refugees International.
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