Somalia: Human rights expert pleads for tsunami-affected Somalis

The UN independent expert on human rights, Ghanim Alnajjar, urged on Monday the international community to "remember those affected by the tsunami in the Puntland region of northeastern Somalia where more than 150 people were killed and about 50,000 people" have been affected. Noting that some emergency supplies had been distributed to hundreds of families affected by the 26 December tsunami, Alnajjar, in a statement, said: "Somali victims of the devastating tsunami may be in danger of being forgotten by the international community."