Somali government forces and militias allied with opposition leaders exchanged fire in Mogadishu from Wednesday into Thursday, damaging buildings and forcing residents to flee parts of the capital before planned anti-government demonstrations over President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s one-year term extension. No official casualty figures were immediately available; residents reported heavy gunfire, explosions and mortar fire in several neighborhoods. Mohamud’s term had been due to expire on May 1...

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