SOMALIA: Sophie: "I have to continue for the children’s sake"

HARGEISA, SOMALILAND Monday, October 27, 2008 (IRIN) - In September, Sophie (not her real name) fled fighting in Mogadishu to seek shelter in a camp in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland. Hargeisa, 1,500km north of Mogadishu, is home to thousands of displaced people from south-central Somalia. Sophie, 27, came to the city with her husband and three children, aged between 18 months and eight years, but her 10-year-old son was lost on the journey. She and other IDP...