Ruare, Kenya

Somali refugee girl walks in front of a blackboard at Hagadera

Summary: <p>A Somali refugee girl walks in front of a blackboard in a classroom at Hagadera camp in Dadaab in Kenya northeastern province June 4 2009 Somalis fleeing war and hunger at home are pouring into neighbouring Kenya at an average rate of 7 000 per month swelling what is already the world largest refugee settlement U N staff said on Thursday Eighteen years of civil conflict in Somalia show no sign of abatement with foreign militants joining Islamist rebels seeking to topple a new government that is the 15th attempt to restore central rule since 1991 REUTERS Finbarr O eilly < p>

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