Burundian peacekeepers from the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) patrol a street in an armoured personnel carrier in Mogadishu January 8, 2009.REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA)
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Fighting between rival Somali Islamist groups and hardline insurgents on Washington's foreign terrorist list killed dozens of people north of the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, witnesses said.
An Islamist insurgency has been battling government and Ethiopian troops for the past two years, ever since Addis Ababa sent forces to oust the Islamic Courts Union from Mogadishu.
More than 16,000 civilians have been killed in the insurgency, a million people have been forced from their homes and more than a third of the population depend on aid.
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