Somalia's Public Works Minister Abdullahi Sheikh Abas has been killed after an attack on his convoy in the capital, Mogadishu.
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He was shot in his car near the presidential palace, local media said.
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Mr Abas was a former refugee who grew up in Dadaab camp in Kenya, home to hundreds of thousands of Somalis who fled drought and civil war.
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He became the country's youngest MP last November, aged 31, when he defeated a former minister.
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Much of Somalia is still under the control of Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which is affiliated to al-Qaeda.
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The country held elections in February and Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo became the new president in a surprise result.
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