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    Meanwhile, internal rifts in the Joint Islamic Councils - formed last week to fight insecurity around Mogadishu's Bakara market, where armed robberies have been on the rise - led to fierce fighting which claimed at least 23 lives in Mogadishu on Wednesday and Thursday, AFP reported.

    Observers said the fighting was changing from a battle for control of the Bakara market to inter-clan fighting between the Murursade of warlord Mohamed Qanyare Afrah and the Habr Gedir, who dominate the Joint Islamic Courts (JIC), the agency said on Thursday.

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