Somalia: Conditions Worsen in Camps as Thousands More Flee Mogadishu

Mogadishu — Inside her new home, a makeshift shelter in the Arbis camp outside the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Buno Ali, 17, held the youngest of her three children, a three-week-old baby girl.

"I gave birth to her in this shack," she said. "I cannot afford to buy milk for her and feed the other children. At night they cannot sleep because of extreme cold and rain. We are all awake the whole night when it rains.

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