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Farewell to Arms? A portrait of war-scarred Kismayo

Lt Col Nyamo Kasaine briefing KDF soldiers of the Second Mechanised Infantry Battalion on October 12, 2022. [Brian Otieno, Standard]

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.

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