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‘The fear was immense’: al-Shabaab exploits fragmented politics to reclaim land in Somalia
With Islamist militant group 40km from Mogadishu, a ‘strategic stalemate’ has been reached, but some fear worst is yet to comeOne night in early July, Maryan Abdikadir Geedi decided it was finally time to abandon her small shop in the town of Moqokori …