People displaced by fighting between rival militias seeking
shelter under an old broken airplane at the airport in Bangui, Central African
Republic, on Saturday. French soldiers were cheered by residents as they began
patrolling densely populated neighbourhoods of Bangui, which has been rocked by
waves of killings between Muslim and Christian communities. – Reuters pic,
December 9, 2013.
Syrian people flee from Syria after clashes between Syrian
rebels and government soldiers in Rasulayn region Photo: EPA 09 December 2013. More than 2.5 million people have been internally displaced
in Syria as a result of the civil war. As the fighting in Syria spreads, leaving almost no city
unscathed, millions of people have snatched what possessions they can carry and
fled their homes in search of a safer hideout inside the country. A spokesperson of the UNHCR said that 2.5 million is only a conservative estimate!
Internally displaced Sri Lankan people wait behind barbed wire at
Menik Farm refugee camp in Cheddikulam Photo: AFP/GETTY 17 May 2009
One of the many displacement camps in Mogadishu. Somalia 2011 © Yann Libessart / MSF. Ravaged by 20 years of civil war, Mogadishu, Somalia's
capital, experienced an influx of displaced persons . Providing aid to people who have fled hunger and fighting is a constant
challenge in this chaotic urban setting. More than 150,000 Somalis have left the
provinces of the country's central region—Bay, Bakool, Hiran, Lower and Middle
Shabelle—to seek refuge in Mogadishu.
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