Somali men on motorcycles ride along a road opposite the parliament building in the capital, Mogadishu. In addition to a looming famine, the Horn of Africa nation also faces a grinding Islamist insurgency. As parliament met to approve the prime minister’s 75-member cabinet, several rounds of mortar shells landed near the presidential palace, according to a security official and a witness.

First published in the August 13, 2022, 3:29 a.m. edition

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