Global News by Tag: Somalia
NAIROBI, KENYA – It is nearly noon on a Sunday in Lavington, a wealthy Nairobi suburb with palatial homes. Many families approach the Nakumatt Junction mall for brunch after Sunday worship services.
Traffic is heavy approaching the mall, which is unusual for a Sunday. Some inconvenienced motorists turn back. Others opt to use alternative entrances to the mall, investigating if they are less congested.
NAIROBI, KENYA – Ahmed Sheikh, 34, ushers customers into his small, packed shop in Eastleigh, a booming Nairobi suburb, while humming a traditional Somali song.
His shop is tucked inside the Garissa Lodge mall, the oldest of the many buildings that have sprung up almost overnight in the fast-growing suburb. Most of the shops sell similar merchandise – women’s shoes and handbags – but Sheikh seems confident he will ring in huge sales by the end of the day.
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The whirring fan in the middle of the container-turned-hospital blows constantly, but does not tame the sweltering Somali heat. The faint noise of the fan competes with wailing children and grandmothers’ prayers.
“Welcome to Mogadishu. We are now in the African Union’s Mission for Somalia’s (AMISOM) field hospital,” says Dr. Lopez Mukuye, a military capital working at the hospital.