MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous City. The seaside Somali capital is enjoying a peace that, except for the ...

Mogadishu is a city of contradictions — beautiful beaches, warm people, and constant tension existing side by side. Armed ...

Friday is beach day in Mogadishu. Early in the day before Friday prayers and before the sun gets too hot, people flock to Liido Beach on the eastern side of the city. "This is a very important place," ...

Dismayed that victims of the incessant violence in Somalia’s capital were being rolled to hospitals on wooden carts and in wheelbarrows, a dentist decided to do something about it. By Abdi Latif Dahir ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 30 (UNHCR) - A weekend of violence in Mogadishu has set off another wave of displacement from the war-torn Somali capital, sending thousands more civilians from their homes ...

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One of the world's poorest countries, Somalia is coping with conflict, a historic drought and a devastating food crisis. But there's another side... Friday at the beach in Mogadishu: Optimism shines ...