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Fighting intensifies in Somalia

Reports from Somalia say at least 10 people have been killed by a mortar bomb that hit a mosque in the capital, Mogadishu.

Forces backing the Somali government have been fighting rebels in Mogadishu since Tuesday night, and there are reports that more than thirty people have died.

Alix Kroeger reports.

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