Heartbreaking to see

It's devastating how political power struggles keep tearing the country apart, with ordinary people caught in the middle. I hope calm is restored quickly and leaders find a way to put peace first.

Overnight fighting in Mogadishu, smoke over city: AFP

MOGADISHU: Heavy gunfire shook Somalia’s capital overnight and smoke rose over the city on Thursday, AFP journalists reported, after pitched battles erupted between political factions ahead of planned protests. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud plunged Somalia into a new political crisis in mid May with his announcement that his term, due to expire on May 15, would be extended for a year. The opposition and regional leaders have rejected the move and demonstrations against it were due to take place in Mogadishu on Thursday.

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