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My Mogadishu: This photographer’s work is creating a dazzling visual language of Somalia

My Mogadishu: This photographer’s work is creating a dazzling visual language of Somalia

IT is a Thursday afternoon at Lido Beach in Mogadishu and a group of young boys are playing football on the white sands, while fishermen sort out their boats, women vendors sell drinks and snacks and the air is filled with laughter and joyful conversation as the city residents run or stroll along the beach against the beautiful backdrop of a sparkling Indian ocean. Mamadou Omar trains his camera on the scene in order to capture these simple moments of everyday life in Mogadishu. He will post them on his Twitter and Instagram accounts along with the rest of his…
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Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16

Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16

ABDI SHEIKH AT least 16 people were killed in an attack by the Islamist group al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, according to government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar Omar. The toll includes 11 victims and five assailants, Omar said. "Security forces lost one, 18 people were injured," he said in a Twitter post. Militants stormed the high-end Elite Hotel in Lido beach, detonated a car bomb and then opened fire with assault rifles, the latest attack by al Shabaab, which has been battling the country's central government since 2008. The hotel is owned by Abdullahi Mohamed Nor,…
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