Mogadishu Rising From Its Ashes

[Xusein]

Squatters are getting kicked out of government buildings.

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/1...building-plan/

[T3ST]

Originally Posted by EvolvingPrimates

Regret to inform, but the reporter in the video was one of the many journalists that died in a suicide bombing at the Village Bar & Grill at Guriga Hooyooyinka. May they all rest in peace & may the enemies of the Somali people perish

Aamiin

[Constantine MMX]

Originally Posted by Xusein

A similar collage should be made Oct. 2013, with hopefully Jubba Airways making way Somali Airlines, the current hotels and projects under-construction featuring prominently on a new skyline and with a strong promenade & beach-culture in place.

[Constantine MMX]

As construction replaces chaos, the east African country's business people and returning diaspora are rebuilding the nation

Laila Ali in Mogadishu - guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 January 2013

The sound of bullets that was once so common in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has been replaced by the noise of construction. New buildings and business are emerging from the carnage and lawlessness that pervaded the east African country for more than two decades.

Mursal Mak, a British-Somali property developer, left Somalia in 1987 and returned in 2009. For him, it has never been a better time to do business there. "I have seen a lot of changes from 2011 to now," he says. "Mogadishu is growing very fast. I was at the airport today for an hour and I saw six airlines, all of them commercial. There is also a traffic jam in the streets now; we can drive out late at night."

With so many people from the diaspora coming back, demand for properties and accommodation far exceeds supply, tripling rental prices in the prime areas of the city. "Retail estate is booming in Mogadishu," says Mak. "This evening I had a meeting with a client and he said: 'Mogadishu is becoming like Manhattan or central London; you are talking incredible prices when it comes to property.'

"When I came here in 2009, I leased a property with a value of over $600,000 (£370,000) for $300 a month, but now the property is being rented for $4,500 a month." -- Read more

I like the crazy comparison, aim for the best and rebrand the ish out of the city in the media.

[Sideway]

It's great how the country's reputation is slowly changing.