North Eastern regional commissioner, Mohamud Saleh confirmed that construction of the controversial security wall was still on course. The security wall is being built along the Kenya- Somalia border. Commissioner Saleh insisted that the wall was meant to combat and secure Mandera town in Kenya which took the most attacks from the terrorist group, Al- Shabaab. He also pointed that the terror group Al-...
In 1991 after rebels removed Dictator Siad Barre from power, a series of clans, warlords and ultimately al-Shabaab took power. Up to 1.5 million Somalis died because of the conflicts and an estimated 2.5 million were displaced with about 1 million leaving the country. The country became famous all over the world for piracy, kidnapping, terror attacks and famines. The country did not exist anymore as a...
The country club in Mogadishu, a cross between a palace, a fortress and a wooden shack, is a refuge for high-ranking government officials, business people and the city’s wealthy. Fifty guests seated at a long table with bowls of camel stew, goat meat, lobster and swordfish, were enjoying their lunch when the war stroke at the country club. A van full of explosive detonated in front of the gate...
In Mogadishu, whoever has the biggest escort on the road always has right of way. Attacks are becoming more frequent on the road, the city is nervous. Soldiers at checkpoints shoot at whoever does not follow their instructions. Sometimes they target tuk-tuk drivers; they pull them out of their vehicles and beat them. A few kilometres from the country club, we go meet a man that does not want to be...
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