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Running a hotel is a challenge, let alone in a warzone. Monocle travels to Kabul, Tripoli and Mogadishu to visit three hotels that have strived to put hospitality first despite turbulent times.
Hop, skip and jump
African Express operates one of civil aviation's last milk runs, a multi-stop flight from Nairobi to Dubai. Monocle's correspondent straps into the jump seat for a unique jaunt around the Horn of Africa.
Expo 67: Take off
Somalia is a failed state. But its Aden Abdulle international airport – once a no-go zone – may hold the key to its recovery.
Hunger for peace
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?
Wanted man
Former radio journalist Ahmed Abdisalam Adan has faced death threats and seen colleagues killed. Now, as Somalia’s deputy prime minister, he tells Monocle about life in a humanitarian disaster zone.
