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The barrenness of Kismayo, Somalia, is stark from thousands of feet above.
Besides the few shrubs that dot the plains, all that is visible from an aircraft window, beneath a few fleecy clouds, are miles and miles of emptiness.
Even from high above, the parched land looks as though it tasted its last drops of water ages ago. Only the sandy edges to the East, where the desert meets the Indian Ocean, are spared this thirst.
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