35 results for Mogadishu

20 September 2013

Somalia is a failed state but its airport, once a no-go zone, could offer a glimmer of hope. Writer Tristan McConnell and photographer Pete Muller illustrate the change.

17 June 2011

One has the task of turning round Japan’s only bankrupt city. Another is trying to rebuild a war-torn capital where electricity is a scarce luxury. They are all, however, motivated by a desire to improve the day-to-day…

20 January 2015

Running a successful hotel is a challenge at the best of times, let alone when set in the midst of a warzone. Monocle travels to Kabul, Tripoli and Mogadishu to visit three hotels that have strived to put hospitality first…

17 February 2007

Bodyguards on room service in Mogadishu, a peek at Saudi lingerie laws and the next failed state.

17 September 2012

We kick off a new series on strategic flight paths, starting with Istanbul to Mogadishu.

15 September 2011

With the sudden exit from Mogadishu of Islamist insurgents, life in the Somali capital has shifted yet again. Just as war has abated, famine has arrived. Who can fix this ravaged city?

17 May 2008

As a former radio journalist, Ahmed Abdisalam Adan has faced death threats and seen colleagues killed. Now, he is deputy prime minister in Somalia’s first functioning government since 1991. He tells Monocle about life in…

1 May 2009

The new president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has a lot to contend with: pirates, a humanitarian disaster and deadly rivals. But is he the man to revive the failed state? We meet him in Nairobi during a round…

20 October 2016

Why Somali stability owes much to the Canadian spirit, and Iran’s efforts to save Lake Urmia.