Somalia: Children, women most affected by fighting

Scores of women and children have been separated from their families or wounded in fighting between Somali government forces and remnants of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), sources said. A source in southern Somalia, close to the area where air strikes have hit suspected UIC bases, told IRIN on Friday (12 January 2007) that some civilians, including women and children, "have been killed and others wounded."