Somali 'child safety zones' call
Somali child in displaced persons camp near Mogadishu
Unicef estimates 1.5m children are at risk
The UN children's fund has called for the creation of safe zones in Somalia for about 1.5m children whose lives have been affected by conflict.
Persistent battles in the capital between insurgents and Ethiopian-backed government forces have created Africa's worst humanitarian crisis, the UN says.
"We have reports of both parties recruiting child soldiers," Unicef's Christian Balslev-Olesen told the BBC.
It is estimated that 60% of Mogadishu's residents have fled their homes.
Insecurity has cut off food supplies and access to clean water and medical assistance.
The BBC's East Africa correspondent Adam Mynott says outside the capital, Mogadishu, where families have sought shelter from the fighting, the situation is equally precarious.
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Somali 'child safety zones' call
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