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Mogadishu, [a] locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has an estimated urban population of 2,610,483. [8]
Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: مقديشو) is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries.
Mogadishu, capital, largest city, and a major port of Somalia, located just north of the Equator on the Indian Ocean. One of the earliest Arab settlements on the East African coast, its origins date to the 10th century. It declined in the 16th century after a period of extensive trade with the Arab.
But the true essence of Mogadishu can only be experienced through its restaurants, markets, beaches and people. The city comes to life at night and is best explored on a bajaja - a Somali...
Seven killed in suicide bombing at cafe in Somalia’s Mogadishu. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack in Somalia’s capital which left six others injured. 18 Oct 2024.
Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho) is the capital city of the African country of Somalia. It is also the largest city in that country. It is located in the coastal Banadir region on the Somali Sea. The city has been an important port for the region for many centuries. [1] Estimates of the city's population are between 1.5 and 3 million people.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the African Union to maintain its peacekeeping operation in Somalia until the end of the year, while also calling for plans for a successor mission, a key step toward the country’s takeover of its own security.
Gunfire in Somali capital amid election protests. It comes after militiamen attacked army positions, close to the presidential palace, overnight. All the latest content about Mogadishu from the...
MOGADISHU, Sept 27 (Reuters) - At six people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday by bomb explosions in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and a town in the country's Middle Shabelle region,...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The C.I.A. convoy rolled out of Mogadishu in the dead of night, headed south along a crumbling ocean road that led deep into territory controlled by Al Shabab, one of...