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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Street fights erupted Thursday between insurgents and Ethiopian-backed Somali government troops, killing at least two civilians caught in the crossfire, a day after a fragile cease-fire collapsed, witnesses said.
Mogadishu's dominant clan, the Hawiye, had brokered a cease-fire about 10 days earlier to end the worst fighting here in 15 years. Four days of bloodshed that started in late March killed hundreds of people — and possibly more than 1,000. The clashes on Wednesday that killed at least five shattered a week of relative calm.
The latest violence came amid signs a humanitarian crisis in Somalia was worsening. An official of the U.N. refugee agency said camps for Somali refugees just across the Kenyan border were becoming increasingly crowded and an outbreak of cholera had been reported there.
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