Survivors of the Mogadishu market bomb: ‘Our life is destroyed. There is no more to say’ | Droolin Dog dot Net

The truck bomb killed 500 people and injured many more in one of the most lethal single terrorist attacks since 9/11. The scars are still raw for Somalia's capital city as families struggle to cope Mogadishu is a famously resilient city. Once known across Africa and beyond as tranquil, relatively prosperous, cultured and cosmopolitan, successive waves of violence over decades have repeatedly reduced much of the city to rubble. It has been rebuilt, destroyed again and rebuilt. Six years ago, the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab withdrew from the city after fierce fighting. The rebuilding started once more. Now, at weekends, the beaches and restaurants of the Lido are packed with men and women, young and old. Returnees from the diaspora bring capital and skills. The stalls where women serve strong, spiced tea to garrulous elderly men in brightly checked traditional sarongs are busy. The famous Bakara bazaar is boisterous and lively. So, too, are local markets, full of local vegetables, fruit, cheap Chinese clothes and DVDs. Continue reading… Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/19/mogadishu-market-bomb-somalia-militants-terror-attack Tags: #news, #NewsDog, #TopNews, Terrorism | #Terrorism, World News | #WorldNews, #LatestNews, News

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