People in towns across Somalia were reportedly trying to flee their homes on Wednesday, after Kenya's military said it was planning air strikes on Islamist rebel camps in the next few days.

Residents in 10 towns listed by the Kenyan military as possible targets for air strikes – which include the port town of Kismayo, an al-Shabaab stronghold, Baidoa, Afmadow and Afgoye, near Mogadishu – said they were fleeing. Others said militants from al-Shabaab, which is linked to al-Qaida and fighting the weak Somali government, would not let them leave.

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