Just after reading this one, for instance, I caught an Al Jazeera story concerning the humanitarian impact of conflict and rising food prices on poor and displaced Somalis. One woman in particular, an elderly IDP, had been injured by a mortar. When she spoke about the fact that there was nowhere for her to receive treatment, I thought of the weary tent hospital you described here.

I’m awaiting your next dispatch, confirming safe travel in the midst of what seems to be further violence in the capital.