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Residents of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, have had businesses and livelihoods - estimated to be worth billions of dollars - destroyed after a fire tore through the main market.
The weekend blaze is a setback for the city of 1.2 million residents in the self-declared independent country.
The BBC has spoken to a resident who was affected, as well as Abdirashid Duale, a businessman and member of the task force created to assess damages in the open-air market, which has been a hub for international trade.