Somalia: A humanitarian story
Channel: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Date: 21/02/2013

The extraordinary courage and resilience of ordinary Somalis through decades of conflict is being celebrated in a photo exhibition in London to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. This film explores through interviews, historical images and archive footage how the ICRC and the Somali Red Crescent worked with the Somali people to overcome hardships wrought by conflict, drought and poverty. Somalis who worked to respond to the devastating famines of the early 1990s recount the difficulties of the time. And while improved harvests and a recent election that brought in the first functioning government for over 20 years offer grounds for optimism, the ICRC remarks that many challenges remain for the people of Somalia, with the country's conflicts not over yet.