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In Somalia s capital Mogadishu, amid a construction boom following improvements in security, civil engineer Faduma Mohamed Ali is hard at work, often supervising male labourers twice her age and breaking barriers in the conservative country.
The UN Security Council on Tuesday extended for six months the authorization of the African Union (AU) force in Somalia, which has begun to withdraw, thus allowing up to 3,000 additional troops to leave by the end of September.
The Ethiopian army on Wednesday "thwarted" an attack by Somali Islamist Shebab fighters against a border town between the two countries, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said.