Somalia / IDPs / Recent fighting in Mogadishu has sent thousands fleeing the capital for Lafole, where they set up a makeshift encampment near the 100 bed maternity hospital run by Dr Howo Abdi. Dr Abdi said that she had not seen such crowds since 1991 when the civil war toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. Conditions at the encampment are rough with several people sick from dysentary. Here, IDPs haul water to their new temporary home. In the region, UNHCR and partners have been distributing plastic sheeting, kitchen sets, mattresses, jerry cans and other supplies to those most in need. Since February a total of 340,000 have fled Mogadishu to different parts of the country. / UNHCR / S. Abdulle / April 2007