This article published today in the Guardian illustrates again what I was reporting on about Mogadishu last month: The Somali capital is learning again to live at peace.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/peace-returns-to-mogadishu-7888917.html
This quote from a former doctor recently returned to his homeland from exil summarises it all: "his first impression on coming home was that he had arrived in Hiroshima".
"It was a beautiful place, they used to call it the White City," he said.
Anyone who visits Mogadishu can tell how beautiful the site is and how majestuous the city seems to have been...
It of course reminds me of another "White City", Alger la Blanche, whcih used to be sublime and is less, for some other reasons I won't develop here.
But as one of the Somali returnee Daniel Howden interviewed for this article says well, this new Mogadishu says "it's hard for outsiders to comprehend: It's half relaxing, half scary."
Very accurate.
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Mogadishu is still standing and solwly comes back to life, I heard lots of testimonies saying the very same statement while in Somalia with the AMISOM Ugandan contingent, last April.
Here are a few other photos I took to illustrate a little, while I am still hoping to publish an article on the issue on an English publication...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/peace-returns-to-mogadishu-7888917.html
This quote from a former doctor recently returned to his homeland from exil summarises it all: "his first impression on coming home was that he had arrived in Hiroshima".
"It was a beautiful place, they used to call it the White City," he said.
Anyone who visits Mogadishu can tell how beautiful the site is and how majestuous the city seems to have been...
It of course reminds me of another "White City", Alger la Blanche, whcih used to be sublime and is less, for some other reasons I won't develop here.
But as one of the Somali returnee Daniel Howden interviewed for this article says well, this new Mogadishu says "it's hard for outsiders to comprehend: It's half relaxing, half scary."
Very accurate.
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A new start
Mogadishu is still standing and solwly comes back to life, I heard lots of testimonies saying the very same statement while in Somalia with the AMISOM Ugandan contingent, last April.
Here are a few other photos I took to illustrate a little, while I am still hoping to publish an article on the issue on an English publication...
The view from the AMISOM compound, Mogadishu
Keeping peace...
Healthcare centre near Km4
Mogadishu Airport's police
Food centre at the Tarabunka-Dikfeer IDP (Internally displaced people) camp
Activity at Mogadishu's seaport
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