From The Christian Science Monitor:
Islamist militias' clashes with Somalia's government has forced more than 25,000 to flee.
Hagadera, Kenya - The pirates get the headlines, but what drove Habibo Kune and her teenage son out of Somalia and into this sprawling, sand-blown refugee camp was a different group of men with guns.
Islamist militants, who've waged a two-year, blood-soaked insurgency, continue to battle progovernment forces for territory throughout southern Somalia. Since January, a surge in violence has driven more than 25,000 people into the camps of eastern Kenya – already overflowing with two decades' worth of Somali refugees – which has badly strained one of the world's largest humanitarian operations.
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My Comment: There comes a point in which Kenya's security forces cannot stop the wave of refugees that are now pouring in from Somalia .... and I guess that point is now. As the Islamic militants continue their military campaign, one can only expect the refugee problem to get worse.
Islamist militias' clashes with Somalia's government has forced more than 25,000 to flee.
Hagadera, Kenya - The pirates get the headlines, but what drove Habibo Kune and her teenage son out of Somalia and into this sprawling, sand-blown refugee camp was a different group of men with guns.
Islamist militants, who've waged a two-year, blood-soaked insurgency, continue to battle progovernment forces for territory throughout southern Somalia. Since January, a surge in violence has driven more than 25,000 people into the camps of eastern Kenya – already overflowing with two decades' worth of Somali refugees – which has badly strained one of the world's largest humanitarian operations.
Read more ....
My Comment: There comes a point in which Kenya's security forces cannot stop the wave of refugees that are now pouring in from Somalia .... and I guess that point is now. As the Islamic militants continue their military campaign, one can only expect the refugee problem to get worse.