Somalia's violence 'catastrophic'

from the bbc:

The lives of Somalis continue to be blighted by a "catastrophic" level of daily
violence and "brutality", says a report by a medical charity.
Medecins Sans
Frontieres (MSF) says that in the town of Galcayo alone, it has treated more
than 500 victims of violence this year.
It runs two hospitals in the town,
which is divided into two areas, controlled by rival warlords.
Somalia has
not had a functioning national government for 14 years.
A transitional
parliament was sworn in on 22 August 2004 but this has failed to end the
anarchy.
'Frightening'
In its northern Galcayo hospital, MSF treated 224
people for gunshots, 135 for knife wounds and another 38 from physical assault
in the first six months of 2005.
It treated 106 people for gunshot wounds
between January and March in its hospital in the south. Most of the victims are women and children.................