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This is John Batchel, a conversation with colleague Caleb Weiss.

He's in Africa, reporting on an attempt by ISIS for mass murder in Uganda during a memorial service to people who died in

the late 19th century at the hands of criminals. We're looking at a suicide female bomber riding

the back of a small motorbike, dirt bike, and the bomb wrapped around her, went off early or detonated

early or she did something that erupted the bomb before it reached its target. The bomber and

the motorcyclists were the victims. This, however, is ISIS generating threat into Uganda from Congo nearby, the

neighboring of Congo. We also spoke to Caleb about the situation in Somalia that he covers very

carefully. The situation right now is that despite long opinions that Somalia is about to become

an Islamic Republic of Somalia because of the onslaught of al-Qaeda sponsored al-Shabaab.

Caleb does not regard Mogadishu at this moment at risk.

Relatively speaking, he says, here's Caleb on Mogadishu at this moment at risk. Relatively speaking, he says.

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