But for us the camp called Chelsea Village was something of a welcome and quite surprising oasis, a relaxed place within the always tense and often frenetic airport, and well sheltered from the hot glare of the Somalia sun. It’s called a camp, but instead of canvas tents there are steel containers – in the language of the camp’s leaflet, “bespoke NatCap 5mm steel accommodation unit”. In keeping with the Chelsea name, each avenue between the containers has a London name: like Oxford Street, Regents Street, Carnaby Street and Saville Row. Chelsea Village is certainly more upmarket than the other camps I have seen in the secured airport complex or in Kismayo. I have a replacement hip that, like the accommodation units in Chelsea Village, is made of steel.

Source: Daily Nation December 30, 2017 18:56 UTC