Clashes leave 400 dead, group says
From Times Wire Reports
Fierce fighting between Ethiopian-backed government forces and Islamist insurgents in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has killed nearly 400 people, most of them civilians, in the last four days, a Somalian human rights group said.
The fighting abated long enough to allow thousands of people to flee the ruined coastal city. About 47,000 people have abandoned their homes in the last 10 days, according to the United Nations’ refugee agency. Since February, nearly 100,000 have fled.
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