A suicide bomber targeted a graduation ceremony in the Somali capital in December 2009. More than 20 people died. Al-Shabab denies responsibility. Continue reading the main story SOMALIA - FAILED STATE Mogadishu mayor: 'I may be killed' Women: Marry or be beheaded City of corpses EU trains new government troops Abdirashid Omar, 28, is in hiding after writing a poem criticising the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, which controls much of southern Somalia and is fighting interim government forces for control of Mogadishu. Somalia has not had a functioning national government for 20 years. Oral poetry, sometimes performed with music, plays an important role in Somali cultural life....
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