MOGADISHU, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Humanitarian workers and Somali authorities have appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance to help thousands of people displaced by floods due to heavy rains pounding several parts of the Horn of African nation.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said urgent assistance is required to enable aid workers and local authorities to provide clean drinking water, emergency shelter, food and logistics support to drain the stagnant water that risks disease outbreaks.