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Bashir Mohamed Caato

In Somalia, al-Shabab’s courts win more converts

Armed al-Shabab fighters patrol Bakara market in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday, June 29, 2009 [File: Mohamed Sheikh Nor/AP Photo]

In late December 2021, Halima (her real name withheld on request) boarded a minibus from Zoobe bus station in the Somali capital of Mogadishu to Ugunji, a farming village just outside the city, controlled by al-Shabab.

Her mission was to seek justice from the armed group after her plot of land was claimed by someone else who had reportedly forged documents to help his case.

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