Somali traders return to business sites on Jan. 26, 2012 after a huge fire engulfed shops and businesses in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne district. Dozens of shops and business sites were burned to the ground due to an electrical short-circuit.
Somali traders return to business sites on Jan. 26, 2012 after a huge fire engulfed shops and businesses in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne district. Dozens of shops and business sites were burned to the ground due to an electrical short-circuit.
Somali traders return to business sites on Jan. 26, 2012 after a huge fire engulfed shops and businesses in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne district. Dozens of shops and business sites were burned to the ground due to an electrical short-circuit.
A soldier stands guard along the Mogadishu coast on Feb. 10.
A soldier stands guard along the Mogadishu coast on Feb. 10.
Al-Shabab recruits walk down a street on March 5 in the Deniile district of Mogadishu, following their graduation.
Al-Shabab recruits walk down a street on March 5 in the Deniile district of Mogadishu, following their graduation.
A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks at a haul of weapons captured along with four suspected members of al Shabab following a joint security operation conducted by soldiers of AMISOM and Somali security services in the Torfiq and Yaaqshiid areas of Mogadishu. Somalis flee with their belongings from the Elasha-Bihaya area south of the capital Mogadishu on April 1, 2012. Somali residents on March 31 fled one of the capital's last Islamist strongholds after a day of heavy fighting in which African forces backing government troops said they seized the area. The few families still in the sprawling Deynile neighborhood made the most of a lull in fighting to flee the area, which has for years been a haven for the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab.
A Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks at a haul of weapons captured along with four suspected members of al Shabab following a joint security operation conducted by soldiers of AMISOM and Somali security services in the Torfiq and Yaaqshiid areas of Mogadishu.
Somalis flee with their belongings from the Elasha-Bihaya area south of the capital Mogadishu on April 1, 2012. Somali residents on March 31 fled one of the capital's last Islamist strongholds after a day of heavy fighting in which African forces backing government troops said they seized the area. The few families still in the sprawling Deynile neighborhood made the most of a lull in fighting to flee the area, which has for years been a haven for the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab.
In this picture taken on Nov. 22, 2011, Ugandan soldiers serving with the AMISOM 33rd Battalion man a defensive machine-gun position on a hotel rooftop in the Yaaqshiid district of Mogadishu. In fighting late last year, AMISOM pushed al-Shabaab militants beyond the city's northern fringes to the outskirts of the Somalia seaside capital.
In this picture taken on Nov. 22, 2011, Ugandan soldiers serving with the AMISOM 33rd Battalion man a defensive machine-gun position on a hotel rooftop in the Yaaqshiid district of Mogadishu. In fighting late last year, AMISOM pushed al-Shabaab militants beyond the city's northern fringes to the outskirts of the Somalia seaside capital.
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Somalis flee with their belongings from the Elasha-Bihaya area south of the capital Mogadishu on April 1, 2012. Somali residents on March 31 fled one of the capital's last Islamist strongholds after a day of heavy fighting in which African forces backing government troops said they seized the area. The few families still in the sprawling Deynile neighborhood made the most of a lull in fighting to flee the area, which has for years been a haven for the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab. 
