JOHANNESBURG — Secretary of State John Kerry paid an unannounced visit to Mogadishu on Tuesday, with its haunting memories of 18 American servicemen slain and their bodies dragged through the streets in 1993.
The stop in the capital of Somalia a day after a visit to neighboring Kenya was not announced before Kerry touched down.
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