Rebirth of Mogadishu?

[D-Runner]

Why just Mogadishu and not anywhere else in Somalia? It must be the Hawiye in Fah talking.

Why don't you shut up and quit qabil talking and watch, read.

Smh @ this nicca

So we should forget about the rest of Somalia (the peaceful area like Puntland you ilk have tried to destroy once too many) and join the rebuild Mogadishu bandwagon? I think you should quit abusing your powers and move this shit to the qabiil section, preferably the Hawiye section where the sun don't shine and ASAP.

[FAH1223]

So we should forget about the rest of Somalia (the peaceful area like Puntland you ilk have tried to destroy once too many) and join the rebuild Mogadishu bandwagon? I think you should quit abusing your powers and move this shit to the qabiil section, preferably the Hawiye section where the sun don't shine and ASAP.

You're the dumbass nicca bringing qabil into this equation. Now kindly STFU. Emotional trainwreck.

Mogadishu isn't a clan city and is the biggest city Somalis have. Now get out of my thread with your bullshid. I never have said anything about Puntland. The fock are you coming from?

[Khalid Ali]

Xamar is back

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

Why just Mogadishu and not anywhere else in Somalia? It must be the Hawiye in Fah talking.

Why don't you shut up and quit qabil talking and watch, read.

Smh @ this nicca

So we should forget about the rest of Somalia (the peaceful area like Puntland you ilk have tried to destroy once too many) and join the rebuild Mogadishu bandwagon? I think you should quit abusing your powers and move this shit to the qabiil section, preferably the Hawiye section where the sun don't shine and ASAP.

[fighter]

Subhanallah, it is burning their insides to see Xamar getting back on its feet again.

Those who are rebuilding Xamar belong there. Those who are rebuilding other parts of the country belong in those parts of the country. Simple. No one is asking anyone who isn't from Xamar to jump on the Xamar bandwagon. Where are the haters coming from?

keep burning haters.

[Khalid Ali]

Construction Boom in Xamar

investors and residents are racing to cash in a construction boom in Mogadishu

The Somali capital Mogadishu is witnessing an unlikely boom in properties and construction eight months after Al Qaeda-affiliated insurgents fled from the once elegant Indian Ocean seaside town.

Some local analysts believe if peace is fully restored in the war-ravaged nation, its capital could outgrow neighbouring Nairobi and Addis Ababa in the next 20-50 years. They believe the large Somali Diaspora community, who already channel over a $1 billion annually could contribute to its growth. They also stated that oil-rich Middle-Eastern investors would significantly invest in the Somali town.

Rich Saudis, who said their country was running out of sand due to massive construction boom in the Gulf already expressed interest in the Somali capital. At present Turkey probably has the biggest influence in the town and plans to rebuild famous landmarks as well as roads, hospitals, water systems and schools. Somali students were once sent to the former Soviet Union, today they are flying to Turkey.

Furthermore its strategic location, seaports and airports will help Mogadishu become one of the most important towns in Africa.

Security is not still reliable but Mogadishu is slowly rising from the ashes 21 years after the civil war broke out. Mogadishu still has long way to go to restore its past glory but this could be the beginning. With its Persian, Arab and Italian past before the war Mogadishu was considered one of the most beautiful cities in Africa.






Somalia's capital enjoys building boom
AFP – Sun, May 6, 2012

Construction workers renovate a bombed-out building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Reconstruction is on the peak around many parts of the city following years of heavy fighting that has seen almost all of the city reduced to rubble.
View Photo
Construction workers renovate a bombed-out building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Somali government troops have secured control of Mogadishu, giving rise to a semblance of stability that has bolstered the confidence of residents to embark on rebuilding.
Somalia's last president before the country erupted into decades of war made an ominous warning: force him from power, and he would leave Mogadishu as he found it, with only one road. The rest he would destroy.
The threat came true: President Siad Barre was ousted in a 1991 coup, and the once elegant, Italian colonial-era seaside town was reduced to a wasteland of ruined buildings in years of bloody battles between rival militias.
Now, 21-years later and eight months after Al-Qaeda-allied insurgents abandoned much of the city following pressure from the African Union and government forces, the capital is showing signs of life, with reconstruction underway and land prices soaring.
"Security is still not reliable, but people decided they wanted to return life to normal," trader Ahmed Sheikh Gure said.
"People are rebuilding their destroyed buildings," he added, waving at a newly repaired shop and a busy construction site.
Though Somalia's war is far from over, a regional offensive did force Islamist Shebab insurgents from many strongholds and they abandoned the city in August.
The scars of war remain clear, with hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in and around Mogadishu, many in basic rag-and-plastic shelters, some in the crumbling ruins of roofless houses.
In Bakara market, the capital's war-torn economic heart, the signs of battle are fading slowly.
"You don't even think that war has ever taken place here," Gure said. "Thanks to God, because people have the opportunity to rebuild."
Bakara for many months was the epicentre of violence in one of the world's most dangerous capitals, forcing residents and businesses to flee.
Despite an ongoing regional offensive with Ethiopian troops fighting in the west, AU troops in Mogadishu and Kenyan troops with the AU battling in the south, many Somalis are returning, bringing back capital earned abroad.
"People are rebuilding their homes," government spokesman Abdurahman Omar Osman said. "The Somali diaspora are coming back to help ... businesses are reopening."
Fighting erupted in Somalia in the late 1980s against Barre's dictatorship, escalating into a brutal civil war following a 1991 coup, with rival militias, warlords and Islamist fighters battling ever since for control of the lawless nation.
Less than a year ago, troops and insurgents exchanged daily mortar fire along frontlines, before Shebab fighters abandoned fixed positions and quit the city.
Now it is the construction industry that is busy.
"We are not jobless these days, construction is booming," painter Adan Sharif said. "Every four or five weeks we are called for a new construction job."
Reconstruction is expensive, but those who can are repairing their homes, plastering and painting over bullet-pocked walls, and blocking up holes punched into masonry by rocket-propelled grenades.
"Most of the buildings in our neighbourhood were renovated in recent weeks and are looking good, the area is no longer looking like the aftermath of war," said Fadumo Moalim, a mother of eight living in the city's Wardhigley district.
Abdulkadir Saleban, a grocer in Mogadishu's Maka Al-Mukarama road, said there was no way to claim compensation for property damage.
"You cannot imagine how much money we have spent," he said as he watched builders repair his shop.
Among the ruined buildings is a dramatic Catholic cathedral, built during Italian colonial days. Its stonework was used as target practice by Islamist fighters and now houses displaced people fleeing fighting outside the city.
Mogadishu's rebuilding has also sparked land speculation, with some fearful that reconstruction efforts may be wasted if the dark days of war return.
"Buying land is very hard these days because of the rising prices, security is a major concern ... traders are also thinking about what could happen next, as the war does not seem to be over yet," said Abdukadir Bashir, a trader.
Shebab fighters carry out guerrilla attacks including car bombs and mortar strikes. Analysts warn that the rebels, Somalia's most brutal, remain a serious threat to international efforts to stabilise the nation.
"What you build today could be easily destroyed tomorrow," Bashir added.
But the March reopening of Mogadishu's ruined national theatre was hailed as a symbolic step forward for the city, shortly after a suicide bomber killed six people there, narrowly missing the prime minister.
As land prices increase and repairs are made, the cost of living rises too, a problem for many in this grossly impoverished city.
Many borrow money to pay for renovations, then pay off the loans by renting out rooms to those returning to Mogadishu.
"Houses have become very, very expensive -- a room that used to cost $10 (a month) to rent ... today, you will not get a room like that for $40," estate agent Mohamed Abdullahi said.
"God willing, I hope people return and rebuild the country."

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

I c somalinet is being repped in the video

Hutuking , the hypocrite pointing fingers at others!

I see u also mad.

[greenday]

Construction Boom in Xamar

investors and residents are racing to cash in a construction boom in Mogadishu

The Somali capital Mogadishu is witnessing an unlikely boom in properties and construction eight months after Al Qaeda-affiliated insurgents fled from the once elegant Indian Ocean seaside town.

Some local analysts believe if peace is fully restored in the war-ravaged nation, its capital could outgrow neighbouring Nairobi and Addis Ababa in the next 20-50 years. They believe the large Somali Diaspora community, who already channel over a $1 billion annually could contribute to its growth. They also stated that oil-rich Middle-Eastern investors would significantly invest in the Somali town.

Rich Saudis, who said their country was running out of sand due to massive construction boom in the Gulf already expressed interest in the Somali capital. At present Turkey probably has the biggest influence in the town and plans to rebuild famous landmarks as well as roads, hospitals, water systems and schools. Somali students were once sent to the former Soviet Union, today they are flying to Turkey.

Furthermore its strategic location, seaports and airports will help Mogadishu become one of the most important towns in Africa.

Security is not still reliable but Mogadishu is slowly rising from the ashes 21 years after the civil war broke out. Mogadishu still has long way to go to restore its past glory but this could be the beginning. With its Persian, Arab and Italian past before the war Mogadishu was considered one of the most beautiful cities in Africa.






Somalia's capital enjoys building boom
AFP – Sun, May 6, 2012

Construction workers renovate a bombed-out building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Reconstruction is on the peak around many parts of the city following years of heavy fighting that has seen almost all of the city reduced to rubble.
View Photo
Construction workers renovate a bombed-out building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Somali government troops have secured control of Mogadishu, giving rise to a semblance of stability that has bolstered the confidence of residents to embark on rebuilding.
Somalia's last president before the country erupted into decades of war made an ominous warning: force him from power, and he would leave Mogadishu as he found it, with only one road. The rest he would destroy.
The threat came true: President Siad Barre was ousted in a 1991 coup, and the once elegant, Italian colonial-era seaside town was reduced to a wasteland of ruined buildings in years of bloody battles between rival militias.
Now, 21-years later and eight months after Al-Qaeda-allied insurgents abandoned much of the city following pressure from the African Union and government forces, the capital is showing signs of life, with reconstruction underway and land prices soaring.
"Security is still not reliable, but people decided they wanted to return life to normal," trader Ahmed Sheikh Gure said.
"People are rebuilding their destroyed buildings," he added, waving at a newly repaired shop and a busy construction site.
Though Somalia's war is far from over, a regional offensive did force Islamist Shebab insurgents from many strongholds and they abandoned the city in August.
The scars of war remain clear, with hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in and around Mogadishu, many in basic rag-and-plastic shelters, some in the crumbling ruins of roofless houses.
In Bakara market, the capital's war-torn economic heart, the signs of battle are fading slowly.
"You don't even think that war has ever taken place here," Gure said. "Thanks to God, because people have the opportunity to rebuild."
Bakara for many months was the epicentre of violence in one of the world's most dangerous capitals, forcing residents and businesses to flee.
Despite an ongoing regional offensive with Ethiopian troops fighting in the west, AU troops in Mogadishu and Kenyan troops with the AU battling in the south, many Somalis are returning, bringing back capital earned abroad.
"People are rebuilding their homes," government spokesman Abdurahman Omar Osman said. "The Somali diaspora are coming back to help ... businesses are reopening."
Fighting erupted in Somalia in the late 1980s against Barre's dictatorship, escalating into a brutal civil war following a 1991 coup, with rival militias, warlords and Islamist fighters battling ever since for control of the lawless nation.
Less than a year ago, troops and insurgents exchanged daily mortar fire along frontlines, before Shebab fighters abandoned fixed positions and quit the city.
Now it is the construction industry that is busy.
"We are not jobless these days, construction is booming," painter Adan Sharif said. "Every four or five weeks we are called for a new construction job."
Reconstruction is expensive, but those who can are repairing their homes, plastering and painting over bullet-pocked walls, and blocking up holes punched into masonry by rocket-propelled grenades.
"Most of the buildings in our neighbourhood were renovated in recent weeks and are looking good, the area is no longer looking like the aftermath of war," said Fadumo Moalim, a mother of eight living in the city's Wardhigley district.
Abdulkadir Saleban, a grocer in Mogadishu's Maka Al-Mukarama road, said there was no way to claim compensation for property damage.
"You cannot imagine how much money we have spent," he said as he watched builders repair his shop.
Among the ruined buildings is a dramatic Catholic cathedral, built during Italian colonial days. Its stonework was used as target practice by Islamist fighters and now houses displaced people fleeing fighting outside the city.
Mogadishu's rebuilding has also sparked land speculation, with some fearful that reconstruction efforts may be wasted if the dark days of war return.
"Buying land is very hard these days because of the rising prices, security is a major concern ... traders are also thinking about what could happen next, as the war does not seem to be over yet," said Abdukadir Bashir, a trader.
Shebab fighters carry out guerrilla attacks including car bombs and mortar strikes. Analysts warn that the rebels, Somalia's most brutal, remain a serious threat to international efforts to stabilise the nation.
"What you build today could be easily destroyed tomorrow," Bashir added.
But the March reopening of Mogadishu's ruined national theatre was hailed as a symbolic step forward for the city, shortly after a suicide bomber killed six people there, narrowly missing the prime minister.
As land prices increase and repairs are made, the cost of living rises too, a problem for many in this grossly impoverished city.
Many borrow money to pay for renovations, then pay off the loans by renting out rooms to those returning to Mogadishu.
"Houses have become very, very expensive -- a room that used to cost $10 (a month) to rent ... today, you will not get a room like that for $40," estate agent Mohamed Abdullahi said.
"God willing, I hope people return and rebuild the country."

This is true, everyone is buying construction equipment to make fast money

[D-Runner]

Why just Mogadishu and not anywhere else in Somalia? It must be the Hawiye in Fah talking.

Why don't you shut up and quit qabil talking and watch, read.

Smh @ this nicca

So we should forget about the rest of Somalia (the peaceful area like Puntland you ilk have tried to destroy once too many) and join the rebuild Mogadishu bandwagon? I think you should quit abusing your powers and move this shit to the qabiil section, preferably the Hawiye section where the sun don't shine and ASAP.

Xawadle with an attitude... whatever happen to yes sir.

You like me to shut the fukk up and hop on any let's benefit the "unuka leh" project bandwagon and be an audience like Murax don't you? How about you put that joint down and try putting Somalia first, then maybe we can give Mogadishu a try.

[FAH1223]

Somalia = Mogadishu and Mogadishu = Somalia.

Just like I'm DC Chillin' most powerful city in the world in the most powerful country in the world

[abdisamad3]

Somalia? is that even a country?

[D-Runner]

Somalia = Mogadishu and Mogadishu = Somalia.

Just like I'm DC Chillin' most powerful city in the world in the most powerful country in the world

Remind me why I disagree with you lot all the time again?

I'd take Seattle over that HIV ridden city any day. And don't ever joke about the Sonic again kid. We were robbed but then again since your form D.C. and all justice isn't even in your vocabulary.

There are things to be proud of and D.C. isn't one of them. That's one city not even worth the same name as my state "Washington." Yes, like D.C. ruins everything it ruined that name too. A name change petition is in order from this day forth.

[nomadicwarlord]

TED Amazing forum.

[Advo]

Yo fah what is the video about? is the girl talking the whole time?

[afisoone]

they said

fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. fool me thrice you can own me baby if you want to..