Fighting between government forces and Islamist militias has triggered the flight of more than 67,000 Somalis in and around Mogadishu since May 8 , the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday . Fighting has triggered flight of more than 67,000 people since January 8 . Most fled to Afgooye Road , a 30-kilometer stretch of ramshackle road . President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed speaking at a conference in Mogadishu . Ahmed says foreign fighters will turn Somalia into another Iraq or Afghanistan .
Fighting has triggered flight of more than 67,000 people since January 8 . Most fled to Afgooye Road , a 30-kilometer stretch of ramshackle road . President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed speaking at a conference in Mogadishu . Ahmed says foreign fighters will turn Somalia into another Iraq or Afghanistan .