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Warkasta is tracking what across 2 reports from 2 sources. Recent coverage touches mogadishu, politics, and security, each linked to its original source with side-by-side comparison where outlets differ.

[African Arguments] In south-central Somalia, a trader knows what to expect at an al-Shabaab checkpoint. The rate is fixed, set out in a published schedule. The receipt allows passage through the next checkpoint without paying again. If the assessment seems unfair, there is a court the trader can appeal to. This is how a Mogadishu-based NGO director described the system to The New Humanitarian las
Gun battles have erupted in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, in what residents said on Thursday was the worst violence there in years. Government forces were fighting militia groups loyal to two of the president’s rivals, residents and analysts said.