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IN PICTURES: Mogadishu, the taste of normal life and freedom

June 30, 2012 · 312738 Comments2012-06-30+10%3A04%3A10Qalinle+Hussein

Lido Beach: Across Mogadishu residents are reclaiming the lives they lost due to years of crisis

MOGADISHU — With security in Mogadishu improving since the ouster of al Shabaab last year by African Union troops, residents are reclaiming the lives they lost. All across the bullet-ridden city, people are taking steps to return to normalcy after years of chaos. It was only few months ago when much of the world’s community regarded Mogadishu as the most dangerous city in the world, today the city is slowly rediscovering its earlier title — The pearl of the Indian Ocean.

Residents here say they have long forgotten the sweet taste of peace, freedom and liberty. This is an spiritual experience for many of the city’s 2 million people.

This week we discovered that to many locals nothing tastes sweeter than the taste and smell of fresh mango and the salty waters of Lido beach — a symbol of the city’s tropical and resilient image.

Somalia has no had a functioning government for more than two decades.

See Lido beach for yourself below and don’t forget to share your own story. Have you reclaimed your life since the ouster of al Shabaab? How does freedom taste like?

Somalilandpress

June 30, 2012

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By Qalinle Hussein

Tags: Al shabaab, Lido beach, Mango, Mogadishu, Peace, Somalia

saalim says:

peace time in somalia our mango farm in Afgoye it was and still is The biggest in The country supply to mogadishu all other major towns.

5:05 am on June 30, 2012

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- saalim says:
  
  mango tree can only grow tropical climate, it will take 5-7 years before mango tree can produce a fruit and it can also live mango tree 300 years That’s right & still can bear fruit if no diseases effect Them. harvest once a year.
  
  5:42 am on June 30, 2012
  
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misslovely says:

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maad noo soo sawirtaan magaalooyin keenii sida hargeysa boorame burco ceerigaabo buurta daalo there are many beautiful places in somaliland bal eega war baahinta reer somalia weligood wax fiican kama sheegaan dalkeena somaliand dad keena uun bay isku diraan ha noolaato somaliland inta necebna cagta hoosteeda

5:15 am on June 30, 2012

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nuux says:

This is flasback peace time, we use to play volleyball-football in The afternoon lida beach. diaspores and local business folks started building hotels nightclubs seafood restaurants along side The beach.

8:22 am on June 30, 2012

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burci says:

dunbuluq your nasty person,when i was in hargiesa six months ago as far as my eyes could see They were all dark skin people. garbage is every where They should cleaned. use to call me “inanku ma carab baa”.

8:50 am on June 30, 2012

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- burci says:
  
  @kabooon.
  
  8:58 am on June 30, 2012
  
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Xarago says:

Mashaallah beautiful pictures peace and stability is coming back Somalia Republic, lets unite and build our country so we can progress pride future inshaallah.

9:14 pm on June 30, 2012

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- nane says:
  
  and go back quickly please
  
  3:08 am on July 1, 2012
  
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