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Warning of Somali ‘catastrophe’ | BBC

Posted by Faiz on October 31st, 2007

The situation in Somalia is quite unstable, and has been since the U.S. backed Ethiopian invasion last December.

“The UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) says about 36,000 have fled Mogadishu since Saturday … UNHCR estimates that 400,000 Somalis had fled Mogadishu by May this year”

Also see: Somali prime minister steps down | BBC from this past week.

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