He spoke to VOA by phone from Mogadishu, where he witnessed the market attack. Tahliil tells VOA that the Baraka market was attacked with mortars. He said 13 people are confirmed dead and another 40 people were wounded in the attack. He says there is heavy fighting in Mogadishu, and people are fleeing because they are afraid the new wave of fighting will reach their homes. Somalia has been without an effective government since 1991, when a coup ousted dictator Mohammed Siad Barre. Troops from Somalia and Ethiopia have been battling Islamic insurgents for months, and the United Nations now says the country is suffering from the world's worst humanitarian crisis.