The property market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has boomed since the government pushed out al-Shabab fighters. The most peaceful period in the city in over two decades has brought thousands of ex-pat Somalis back to their homeland. But with speculators hoping to turn a profit behind most of the investments in new properties, prices are skyrocketing while hundreds of thousands of internally displaced, only kilometres away, live in poverty. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Mogadishu..
French and Malian soldiers have captured Timbuktu airport as they continue to re-take territory from al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Northern Mali. On Saturday, they claimed the city of Gao. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland is with the troops and sent this update from the airport.
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