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""We have a different definition of IDPs [internally displaced persons] compared with the international community because the international community regards the displaced from southern Somalia as IDPs but we regard them as refugees," Ali Ibrahim, Somaliland's minister for planning and national coordination, told IRIN."

http://hiiraan.com/news2/2008/Oct/displ ... iland.aspx

Hargeysa and all parts in the north are on dry land, stormy desert and resources are very few to go around for everyone. This hanger is a general epidemic and not only for a section in the society.


Interesting thread!

Since Somaliland's independence is unrecognised internationally, UN agencies and NGOs classify these people as IDPs and therefore the responsibility of the Somaliland government.

I think Sahan pretty much explained the reason for them being seen as IDPs.


Salam

Dear respected Sahangalbeed, I disagree with you on this; There is no government in the North but only a regional administration and so called Independence is a myth that exist in primitive hearts.

All Muslims are one, share common values and no one can separate them!


Yr bro SS

, Okay !