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Somalia: Archive photographs showcase decades of ICRC humanitarian action

20-02-2013 Photo gallery

“Somalia: A Humanitarian Story” at the Royal Geographical Society in London highlights the resilience of ordinary Somalis through decades of conflict. The exhibition runs from 11 February to 15 March 2013. Here is a selection of images from the ICRC’s photographic archives that are not in the exhibition.

  • Berbera, Somaliland, 1991. Somalians expelled from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) make a forced stop-over.

    • Berbera, Somaliland, 1991.

      Somalians expelled from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) make a forced stop-over.
      © ICRC / v-p-so-d-00005-06
  • Fighters patrol the streets of Mogadishu in 1991.

    • Mogadishu, Somalia, 1991.

      The ICRC talks to all sides of a conflict wherever it works. This photo was taken in Mogadishu in 1991, when heavily armed fighters patrolled the streets and violence was rife.
      © ICRC / v-p-so-d-00009-19
  • ICRC/Somali Red Crescent hospital in Berbera, Somaliland.

    • Berbera, Somaliland.

      A 100-bed surgical hospital operated by the ICRC and the Somali Red Crescent.
      © ICRC / v-p-so-d-00012-01
  • Belen Uen: ICRC and the Somali Red Crescent distribute food from a community kitchen in 1993.

    • Belet Uen, Ethiopian border, Somalia, 1993.

      The ICRC and the Somali Red Crescent distribute food from community kitchens.
      © ICRC / v-p-so-d-00026-23
  • ICRC staff help Ethiopian refugees return from Somalia in October and November 1990.
    • ICRC staff help Ethiopian refugees return from Somalia in October and November 1990.
      © ICRC / v-p-so-e-00400
  • ICRC IDP camp, Garowe, Puntland, 2011.
  • Health worker helps a patient at a Somali hospital in 1976.
  • An ICRC flying surgical team prepares to operate in Garowe, Puntland, November 1992.

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