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Nathar Abubakar (standing), 26, owned a shop in Mogadishu that was near the hotel. She witnessed the fight between the al-Shabaab fighters and African Union soldiers. She now lives in a refugee camp in the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo by Tonny Onyulo, courtesy of USA Today

(RNS1-april20) Nathar Abubakar (standing), 26, owned a shop in Mogadishu that was near the hotel. She witnessed the fight between the al-Shabaab fighters and African Union soldiers.She now lives in a refuge camp in the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. For use with RNS-SOMALIA-LIFE, transmitted on April 20, 2015, Photo by Tonny Onyulo, courtesy of USA Today.

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