Mogadishu and beyond

There are more people arriving from Mogadishu. The first woman we met is 70 years old, the same age as my father, it is hard to believe how different their two worlds are.

19 Nov 2007 / 2 minute read

In MSF we are always constantly aware of the impossible choices that the people in places like Somalia face on a daily basis.

18 Nov 2007 / 2 minute read

Running and not looking back

We went to a camp on the other side of town today. I was not expecting to find such large numbers of Mogadishu displaced in the camps.

15 Nov 2007 / 3 minute read

Galcayo is dusty and hot, when you look around this is the type of picture that someone who has never been here probably has of Somalia.

14 Nov 2007 / 2 minute read

Tirana Hassan

Advocacy

Fistulas and Fighting

Today I am en route to Galcayo, that is a town on the cusp of a region of Somalia they call Puntland. MSF runs quite a big hospital here.

13 Nov 2007 / 3 minute read

Tirana Hassan

Advocacy

"No safe place in Mogadishu"

Read MSF's latest Press Release : "No safe place in Mogadishu" – 05 November 2007

05 Nov 2007 / 1 minute read

We are flying out today.

27 Okt 2007 / 3 minute read

Lady, where do you think we can go?

I was speaking to some of the women today and some of the staff about the In-Patient Department (IPD). They were telling us about their experience when the shelling occurs.

26 Okt 2007 / 2 minute read

Waking up with a boom!

Woke up at 1am with a boom, but there were no sounds of firing so I went back to sleep. When we arrived at security meeting today there was only about half of the team present.

25 Okt 2007 / 3 minute read

Today is a slightly different day; it is Friday, which is the day off in Somalia.

23 Okt 2007 / 2 minute read