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A partial withdrawal of US troops from Somalia is coming at a critical time for the country.

BBC News By Andrew Harding image captionAfrican Union troops provide vital security in Somalia Tensions are rising sharply in Somalia, as the countrys fragile political system wrestles with a bitterly contested election process, the withdrawal of some vital US military forces, and renewed concerns about an increasingly well-resourced militant Islamist insurgency. Diplomats and observers are warning that the country - three decades after it collapsed into anarchy - is once again at a crossroads...