Now the talk turns to Mogadishu, a city that has reminded me of many beautiful memories of my childhood.
Now the talk turns to Mogadishu, a city that has
reminded me of many beautiful memories of my childhood. No, I haven’t
been to that city ever. It is just that when I was younger there was a
project of history in which we had to learn the names of capital cities
and I always slurred when saying the name of Mogadishu and every one
used to laugh me it sounded so hilarious. Any way the talk is about the
city and not my personal experiences and so to say this city is the
capital city of Somalia, a country of Africa. And even without checking
the information I can tell you it is the largest city of Somalia as
follows tradition. Yes, look I was right. You can check your
encyclopedia if you don’t believe me. This city has been a very
important port for many centuries that have passed. The city had been
taken over by rebel forces in the early 1900’s and this caused the time
President of the country to escape away to the country of Kenya.
There are a lot of religious fanatical groups present in the city too;
one of the most powerful groups is the militants group by the name of
“Al-Shabaab”. The group attacked on a massive scale in the year 2010 but
the government troops were able to take control of the situation and
ward off the militants to their bases and arrest some as well. Mogadishu
is basically a financial center of Somalia as serving as the commercial
center of the country. Cotton ginning industry has a very large scale
over here. Due to the terrorist activities and the civil unrest, all the
major businesses, hotels and every public place has a necessary
security force to protect it from any kind of invasion.
Telecommunication is also one of the leading industries in the country
with holding the Hormuud Telecom center in the capital city of
Mogadishu. Despite the social conditions and unrest in the country, it
houses some of the best educational institutes of the region.
Mogadishu
University is a nongovernmental institute and served education even
during the time of upheaval. There are seven faculties in the
university. It is funded by Islamic bank of Saudi Arabia and provides
education to young Somali graduates most of whom can continue their
master’s degree abroad due to the scholarship program of the University.
It is esteemed as one of the 1oo best universities in Africa despite of
the unrest and political upheaval in the country. That is indeed a big
achievement of intellectuals running the university even in bad times.
There are few more universities and colleges in the city. Few of them
were closed due to damage in the war. There are number of news agencies
broadcasting through radio and television. Despite pressure and
harassment by militants of war, reporters continued to serve their
nation with latest news through Mogadishu radio and Somali National
Television. Mogadishu also houses a football stadium and football teams
from Somalia League.
