"So much to fear" : war crimes and the devastation of Somalia

The past two years of warfare have left Somalia devastated and on the brink of even greater calamity. The increasingly brutal conflict involves Ethiopian military forces and the Somali Transitional Federal Government against a powerful but fragmented insurgency. Civilians trapped between the warring parties bear the brunt of the fighting, especially in the urban battleground ofMogadishu, the Somali capital. Up to 870,000 Somalis have been driven from the city since early 2007. More than one million civilians have been displaced across south-central Somalia and thousands killed. And while the conflict rages unabated and largely ignored, a humanitarian crisis partly generated by the abuses threatens to spiral out of control. Researched and written by Chris Albin-Lackey--P. 103. 103 pages : color maps ; 27 cm