Mogadishu's rapid expansion after decades of war is giving unexpected opportunities in a male-dominated society.

Somalia is facing its most severe crisis since the height of its civil war in the 1990s. Al-Shabaab has launched a ...

Fans watch the soccer league match between Hirshabele and Jubaland at a stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024. A stadium in the violence-prone Somali capital is hosting its first ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A stadium in Somalia’s violence-prone capital is hosting its first soccer tournament in three decades, drawing thousands of people to a facility that had been ...

Civil war turned Somalia's main soccer stadium into an army camp. Now it's hosting games again A stadium in Somalia’s violence-prone capital is hosting its first soccer tournament in three ...

Explaining more about the Somali civil war and its legacy is BBC Monitoring's regional analyst Beverly Ochieng. Also, the demonstrations in East Germany that triggered martial rule in 1953.

Explaining more about the Somali civil war and its legacy is BBC Monitoring's regional analyst Beverly Ochieng. Also, the demonstrations in East Germany that triggered martial rule in 1953.

When the Somali civil war and subsequent government collapse took place in 1991, these men and women went from being star players at the height of their careers to refugees in an instant.