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Mogadishu's Bakara market on strike over new government tax

Mogadishu's Bakara market on strike over new government tax

Somalia's busiest and largest open-air market in Mogadishu has been closed for the past two days.

Business owners in Bakara market are protesting over a five percent tax imposed by the government, in an effort to pay back some of its international debt.

Al Jazeera's Mohamad El Bardicy reports.

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