This report documents numerous abuses during renewed fighting in the past year by parties to the 20-year-long conflict in Somalia.
These include the Islamist armed group al-Shabaab, the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the African Union peacekeeping forces (AMISOM), and Kenya- and Ethiopia-backed Somali militias.
The report also examines abuses by the Kenyan police and crimes committed by bandits in neighboring Kenya against Somali refugees.
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