
Somali refugees top one million mark, says UN agency More than a million Somalis have now fled the war-torn nation for neighbouring countries, the UN refugee agency has said. The UNHCR said insecurity and food shortages continued to be the main reasons for the flight. Only the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq forced so many people to leave their homes in the past decade. Somalia has been racked by fighting since its last effective national government was toppled 21 years […]