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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.
The Eng. Yariisow Stadium, formerly known as Garoonka Banaadir Stadium, or simply Benadir Stadium in the Somali language, is a multi-use 20,000-capacity stadium in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, that is currently used mostly for football matches. Until the 1970s, the stadium was called the Coni Stadium because it was built by the Italian Coni.
Bakara, Mogadishu's largest market, teems with traders and is where most residents buy their food, clothes, medicine, electronics and other items daily. Blasts in Somalia's capital Mogadishu kill ...
Lido Beach is a common spot to visit in Mogadishu, especially busy on Friday nights when Somalis gather to enjoy their weekend. The area has been targeted by Al-Shabaab militants before. The most recent attack before this one was in June 2023, when nine people were killed. [10] Beach View Hotel, a popular place on Lido Beach in Mogadishu.
On 19 April, Somali insurgents ambushed a group of Ethiopian soldiers, who entered an area of Mogadishu on foot, sparking heavy battles. The intense clashes spread out across three districts in the northern quarter of the capital Mogadishu, with Ethiopian troops expanding into insurgent strongholds for the first time in weeks.
Al-Shabab has been fighting the Federal Government of Somalia for more than 17 years. They have carried out many bombings and other attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, and other parts of Somalia. In 2020, there was an attempted jailbreak at this same prison, resulting in the deaths of nine people as inmates clashed with security guards while ...
Almost 14,000 of the displaced people left Mogadishu by the fifth entirely as fighting continued, [41] and by weeks end three more Somalis were killed and twenty-three wounded as five hundred shells pounded northern and southern parts of the capital. [42] On 9 September al-Shabaab attacked Mogadishu's airport when a bomb exploded outside. A ...
In May 2022, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected, and due to his heavy anti-al-Shabaab stance, the militant group increased attacks against Mogadishu and the Somali government. [3] In August, al-Shabaab attacked the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, sparking a 30-hour long siege that killed over twenty people. [ 4 ]