Nairobi (AFP) 15th May 2002

Some ten thousand Somali civilians,mostly women and children, have fled fresh fighting in their country to Kenya over the past week,the UN Refugee Agency said Monday.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesman Jonathon Clayton said that the refugees were now in the border town of Mandera.

Somalis first began pouring into Mandera on last April and their numbers have since been growing on a daily basis .

" We thought that the skirmishes in April were localized and would end after a ceasefire, but the hostilities continued unabated and the refugees might stay here for a while," said Clayton .

The fighting in Somali's Gedo region ,bordering Ethiopia and Somalia, involves rival factions of the Somali National front .

Ciidamada Ethiopia oo soo weeraray Buulo-Xaawo !

Mogadishu,15th May 2002

Wararka Muqdisho ka soo gaaray maanta magaalada Buulo-Xaawo ayaa sheegaya in cutubyo ka tirsan Ciidamada Ethiopia ay weerar ku qabsadeen magaalada Buulo-Xaawo ee ku taala xadka labada dal ee Somalia/Ethiopia, kadib markii ay u adeegsadeen weerarkaa madaafiicda Goobta iyo Gawaarida Gaashaaman .

Waxaa kaloo ay wararku sheegeen in ay u qaxeen dhanka Kenya dhamaanba dadkii deganaa magaalada oo u badan haween iyo caruur, magaaladana ay guud ahaanba gubaneyso .

Dadka ilaa iyo iminka la xaqiijiyay inay ku dhinteen weerarkan waa 11 qof , iyadoo sida la sheegay ciidanka Ethiopia ay nolol ku qabteen, kaxeysteena Guddoomiyihii Magaalada Buulo-Xaawo .