Abubakar Mohamed Affi is unemployed and rarely goes out. The failed U.N. mission in Somalia that ended a year ago earned him many enemies among the followers of warlord Mohammed Farrah Aidid.
"I used to read on the air the aggressive propaganda of UNOSOM - things like `Renegade General Aidid,' `Bandit Aidid' and `Murderer'," said Affi, the best known broadcaster on the radio run by the U.N. peacekeeping force. "There is a lot of animosity against me."He is not alone.
Abdulrahman Isse Dagal, who worked for the U.N. mission's political department, has survived several abductions by people angered by his work. He feels abandoned by the United Nations.
"They created no friendly atmosphere and offered us no political asylum," Dagal said.
He and Affi are among dozens of former U.N. employees who live in fear of harassment and abduction.
Affi says the money he earned from his U.N. work is finished, and his wife's income from selling tea in a small shop barely pays for two meals a day.
"We are the real orphans left behind by the U.N.," he said.