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despite increasingly volatile climate  23-04-2008 Interview  The
situation in Somalia is growing steadily worse, with increasing
violence having caused a mass exodus from Mogadishu. Daniel
Gagnon, the ICRC's economic security delegate in Somalia,
describes the plight of the beleaguered Somali people, and what
the ICRC is doing to help.    ©ICRC/D. Gagnon       Galgaduud
region, central Somalia. Mother and child displaced from
Mogadishu following mass exodus in November 2007.       ©ICRC/D.
Gagnon       Galgaduud region, central Somalia. Fleeing families
arrive virtually barehanded after having been stripped of their
meagre belongings on the road between Mogadishu and their final
destination.       ©ICRC/D. Gagnon       Galgaduud region,
central Somalia. Water is becoming more and more scarce obliging
internally displaced people (IDPs) to share meagre resources
with livestock. ICRC is currently distributing massive amounts
of drinking water to the Gal