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Mogadishu Stadium (Somali: Garoonka Muqdisho) is a stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia. During the Somali Civil War , the stadium was heavily damaged by foreign troops who used the structure as a base. The stadium has been completely rebuilt and artificial turf was laid on 27 March 2020.
In the spring of 1993, the U.N. had begun arranging a peace deal to reinstate a stable, unified government in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu, per The New York Times.. During this time, in ...
As of 2010, the stadium is the home field for the following teams: Jeenyo United F.C. (formerly Lavori Pubblici) Savaana; Somali Police FC (Heegan); Gaadiidka; Dekedda FC; In August 2019, it was renamed after Abdirahman Omar Osman, known as "Engineer Yarisow", the former mayor of Mogadishu and governor of the Banaadir region, who died in an explosive attack in his office.
It is one of the larger neighborhoods of the capital Mogadishu. The presidential compound Villa Somalia , the Federal Parliament building and Mogadishu Stadium are all located in this district. Warta Nabada District was previously known as the Wardhigley District until a name change in April 2012. [ 1 ]
05:30 — Rangers start moving from the city to the Pakistani Stadium, on foot. Wolcott's body is finally recovered. Vehicles roll out of the city. Elements of the Rangers are left to run to a rendez-vous point on National Street, covering the vehicles whilst enduring gunfire during the exfiltration. The road they take is known as the Mogadishu ...
The revolutionary army established large-scale public works programmes, including the Mogadishu Stadium. In addition to a nationalization programme of industry and land, the Mogadishu-based new regime's foreign policy placed an emphasis on Somalia's traditional and religious links with the Arab world, eventually joining the Arab League in 1974 ...
6 February — 2024 Mogadishu market bombing - Ten people are killed and 20 others are injured following explosions in the Bakaara Market, Mogadishu believed to be perpetrated by Al-Shabab, who reportedly planted explosive devices underground. [5] 7 February — A suicide bombing in Afgooye kills three people and injures ten others. [6]
I did not fight in the civil war, but now I ran to dig it up from where it was hidden." Account of Radio Mogadishu clash according to a young Somali named Abdiwele Ali in an interview with Mark Maren [20] The largest fight of the battle occurred about a mile from the stadium where the roughly 4,000 Pakistani troops in Mogadishu were stationed.