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Summary: Somalia has being devastated by continous wars and unrest since civil war broke out in 1991 after the end of the military dictatorship, and since then the living standards of the community has fallen below the poverty line. Somalia has being devastated by continous wars and unrest since civil war broke out in 1991 after the end of the military dictatorship, and since then the living standards of the community has fallen below the poverty line. According to the last statistics in 1989 the community has been making ends meet with an average of $170 per year per person. The war certainly put Somalia as one of the poorest countries in the world. Mogadishu on 17/12/05 a passer-by Ms Halima Dhere died at Suq ba’ad market in Mogadishu during a cross fire between militia gangs. Mogadishu 22/12/05. An explosion took place on the road between Mogadishu International airport and the Km.4 junction, near the Saafi Hotel. Three children were killed and a fourth was injured. Mogadishu 13/01/06. A bomb exploded in one of the IDP camps in Mogadishu killing a child on the spot and seriously injuring three others. On Friday 13 /01/2006 two militia forces clashed at Gal-Galato in the outskirts of Mogadishu, causing the death of 15 people including 5 children. Lower Juba conflicts Galgaduud region conflict Two Habargidir sub- clans, namely Sacad and Saleman have fought Galgaduud and Mudug regions from early January 2006. Eyewitnesses said that between 15 to 18 people have been killed and around 20 have been injured, 5 of which were children. Mogadishu 10/01/06: the Center for Child rights (CCR) distributed slaughtered livestock to the settlers of the Mogadishu IDP camps to celebrate the occasion of the festival{iddul-adhxa}
CCR principal objective is to achieve full child rights in Somalia, and its mandate is fulfilled through information communication programmes and training sessions about the human rights of children and democracy.
CCR is a non-governmental, non-profit making organization that works for the improvement of the status of Somali children.
Villages and towns were indiscriminately destroyed and looted and inhabitants were compelled to flee from their houses; killings, rapes and other violation became everyday occurrences in the country. Consequently, all kinds of human rights and child rights abuses took place; minority groups lost their rights in society.
Protection of child right has been neglected Somalia, traditional and religious one.
After that CCR was founded in 2000. A group of people from a diversity of backgrounds saw the need to defend the deteriorating child rights conditions of children in all spheres of life.
CCR principal objective is to achieve full child rights in Somalia, and its mandate is fulfilled through information communication programmes and training sessions about the human rights of children and democracy.
CCR is a non-governmental, non-profit making organization that works for the improvement of the status of Somali children.
Some atrocities against vulnerable children
Mogadishu 18/12/05. Again at the Suq ba’ad market Hassan was murdered while another child student Colled Sali was injured by militia..
Mogadishu 21/12/05. Four children were killed at the Bonthere district during an armed clash between militia form the Usc/Ssa alliance and others who controlled the Sinai Jag point of Mogadishu.
Two children died due to water shortage at Inda’el Village, in the middle of the Jubba region while other 18 children appeared to have been poisoned with contaminated water.
On 15/1/2006 at least 13 people were killed and several others were injured included 5 children during an armed clashes between militia from Marehan sub clans.
On the 1/1/2006 CCR surveyed IDP camps to insure that the adequate condition exists for the children’s lives in the camps.