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Kenya Defence Forces and Somali Transitional Federal Government ...
Dec 14th, 2011
(Reuters) - Kenya Defence Forces and Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers take part in a joint-patrol at a charcoal depository formerly under the control of Al Shabaab militants in Burgabo, south of Kismayu in Somalia December 14, 2011. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) -
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