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| Somali musician and MP Saado Ali Warsame shot dead | Somali musician and MP Saado Ali Warsame shot dead |
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| Popular Somali musician and member of parliament Saado Ali Warsame has been shot dead by Islamist militants. | Popular Somali musician and member of parliament Saado Ali Warsame has been shot dead by Islamist militants. |
| She was killed along with her bodyguard in a drive-by shooting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. | She was killed along with her bodyguard in a drive-by shooting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. |
| A spokesman for the Islamist al-Shabab group, Abdulaziz Abu Musab, told the BBC that she was targeted for her politics and not her music. | A spokesman for the Islamist al-Shabab group, Abdulaziz Abu Musab, told the BBC that she was targeted for her politics and not her music. |
| The BBC's Mohammed Moalimu in Mogadishu says she is the fourth MP to be killed this year. | The BBC's Mohammed Moalimu in Mogadishu says she is the fourth MP to be killed this year. |
| Ms Warsame rose to fame during the time of former President Siad Barre, who was overthrown in 1991, with her songs which were critical of his rule. | Ms Warsame rose to fame during the time of former President Siad Barre, who was overthrown in 1991, with her songs which were critical of his rule. |
| She spent much of the civil war in the US and returned home in 2012 to represent her clan in the new Somali parliament. | She spent much of the civil war in the US and returned home in 2012 to represent her clan in the new Somali parliament. |
| BBC Somali Service's Abdullahi Abdi says Ms Warsame will be remembered most for her daring musical career. | |
| She was one of the few Somali female musicians to go on stage without covering her head and she sometimes wore trousers, which is highly unusual for women in Somalia, he says. | |
| The al-Qaeda-aligned al-Shabab group lost control of Mogadishu in 2011, but continues to carry out attacks in the city. | |
| Some 22,000 African Union troops are helping the UN-backed government battle al-Shabab, which wants to create an Islamic state. | |
| Despite losing several key cities over the last three years, al-Shabab still controls many smaller towns and rural areas of the country. |