A woman displaced from her home looks out over a camp for Internally Displaced People, or I.D.P.'s. 15 months ago, when the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia came to Mogadishu, backed by thousands of Ethiopian troops, it was widely hailed as the best chance in years to end Somalia's ceaseless cycles of war, chaos and suffering. This week, amid renewed fighting, a top government official said "I feel this slipping away."
Photo: Jehad Nga for The New York Times
On the edge of Mogadishu this I.D.P. camp continues to get daily arrivals as the fighting in the capital rages on. Many recently displaced people live in cardboard huts that crumble in the rain. Aid organizations say that more than half of Mogadishu's estimated one million people is on the run.
Photo: Jehad Nga for The New York Times
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