As heavy fighting breaks out in Mogadishu,
Somalis flee the war and famine in the country and refugees in the capital face
the danger of bomb attacks by insurgents
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A Ugandan soldier serving with the
African Union Mission in Somalia stands as a tank passes following an
advance with the Somali National Army to capture Mogadishu University in
insurgent territory
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| A Ugandan soldier with troops from the Somali army |
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| An African Union soldier guards in an armoured vehicle in the capital, Mogadishu |
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| Somalis are seen through a cracked windshield of an armored vehicle belonging to the AUM |
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| A food distribution centre in Hodan, Mogadishu |
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| A mother holds her baby and an empty container ready as they queue for food |
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| A displaced Somali child peers from a makeshift shelter |
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| A boy gestures towards a soldier from the African Union peacekeeping force |
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| Displaced Somali children wait for food-aid rations at a distribution centre |
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| Nasteho Hassan Mohyadin, 3, beside a makeshift tent in a camp for those displaced |
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| A Somali immigrant at the Lyster Barracks detention centre in Hal Far, outside Valletta, Malta |
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| Somali immigrants make a telephone call at the detention centre in Hal Far |
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| Somali immigrants wrap themselves in blankets in the common room |
