Offensive in Somalia sends tens of thousands to dangerously overcrowded refugee camps

A month-long offensive launched by hard line insurgents against Somalia's central government and its supporters has displaced an estimated 100,000 people.  And Clashes between militants and PRO-government forces killed at least 60 people in central Somalia on Friday.  Violence continued over the weekend as  journalist Mukhtar Mohammad was gunned down on Sunday in the capital of Mogadishu. Mohammad was a radio reporter and producer who directed the Shabelle Media network.
Camps for refugees and the internally displaced are struggling to meet the needs of the new arrivals.  The Dadaab camp in northern Kenya for example, was designed to house 90,000 refugees when it was built in 1991. But it´s now home to 275,000 people.  This makes the camp a “public health time bomb” according to Donna Canali, a San Francisco nurse who volunteers for Doctors Without Borders.  Cannali returned from a four month mission in northern Kenya last week and she spoke to FSRN.