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A government soldier stands next to the body of a fighter at KM4 X-Control frontline section of Mogadishu where Islamist Fighters belonging to the Al-Shabab attacked the stronghold of the Government positions in the early hours of 1 December 2009

Ruthless clashes inside the world's most hostile city

Matteo Fagotto reports from Mogadishu - bloated with arms and young men with nothing to do but kill after 18 years of civil war

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