The Shabab now control most of south and central Somalia, and much of Mogadishu.

沙巴目前控制着索马里南部和中部的大多数地区和摩加迪沙的大部分。

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Hungry and weak, refugees from the drought-stricken areas of south-central Somalia arrive in the capital, Mogadishu.

来自索马里中南部受干旱严重影响地区的饥饿，虚弱的难民抵达首都摩加迪沙。

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The blast struck outside a compound housing government buildings in Kilometre Four (K4) - a crossroads in central Mogadishu.

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Such advances now let the jihadists control traffic between Mogadishu and central Somalia.

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Musa Sude Yalahow, a former driver who controls much of Mogadishu, says that a central government might be a good idea so long as it recognised his sub-clan's ownership of the capital.

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