Mogadishu is nominally the capital and home of the government of Somalia but it seems to be largely in the hands of the violent jihadist group Al-Shabaab.

The BBC's Andrew Harding who has had rare access to Mogadishu reports on the situation and the position of Ugandan troops who are protecting the Somali government.

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