First-time visitors to Mogadishu are often shocked by the ruinous state of buildings that have withstood decades of war since President Siad Barre’s government was toppled in 1991. These devastated ...

Mogadishu residents described a huge blast that could be heard across the city and a plume of smoke that rose above the skyline. "We assisted 48 wounded people and carried 16 others who were killed in ...