The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said July 23 that even those who had returned to Mogadishu recently are heading out again, fearing for their safety.

Mogadishu has seen little peace since government troops and Ethiopian forces drove an Islamic movement out of the city in December.

Fighting in March and April forced about a fifth of Mogadishu's 2 million residents to flee for safety, and only about 125,000 have returned, the UNHCR said.

The Japan Times Weekly: July 28, 2007
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