Fighting leaves city without food and unable to bury the dead

“By Friday (12th March), the fighting had spread to most parts of north Mogadishu. The Yaqshid, Karan, Abdiasis and Wardhigley districts were the hardest hit,” he added. By 15th March, hundreds of families were on the move, “taking advantage of the break in the shelling”.

According to the journalist, many were joining those in the Afgoye corridor — already home to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people — while others were heading to Balad, 30km north of Mogadishu.

While the death toll was more than 100, another 245 people were injured, the medical source said.