VIDEO: Celebrating books in Mogadishu

Rewind to January 2014 and Vine account 'Connor S-S' posed the question 'Can anyone explain what the ref did here? #MUFC'.
Dean appeared disappointed not to see Swansea utilise his advantage at Old Trafford during their FA Cup clash with Manchester United.
The animated official was at it just a month later during a Premier League contest between Aston Villa and West Ham.Dean plays the advantage for the home side, with a chance to prise open the West Ham defence, which was wasted by an over-hit...

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ABUJA, Nigeria, March 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation, a non-governmental, philanthropic organization focused on youth employment, widows cooperative, education, healthcare and infrastructural development, is set to ...

Khat - a plant used as a stimulant - was banned as a class C drug in the UK earlier this year. This has meant that its mainly Kenyan producers and exporters have been forced to direct their supplies closer to home, to Somalia.

Many households in Mogadishu are moving to the use of natural gas for cooking, instead of the traditional coal and firewood. However, despite being easier to use and better for the environment there is still some resistance.

Life is returning to normal at Mogadishu's Lido beach following al-Shabab's expulsion from the Somali capital.

After music and dancing were banned under strict Sharia law imposed by the militant Islamist group al-Shabab, people are now using a famous square in Mogadishu city centre for a weekly gathering which is breathing new life into their folk dance traditions.

An exhibition that documents Somalia's architecture during its transition from an Italian colony to an independent state and then descent into civil war has opened in London.

Utawala nchini Somalia unasema kuwa takriban watu 15 wameuwa wanamgambo waliposhambulia hoteli moja mjini Mogadishu

The BBC meets a man who has created his own underground library after the local council library burned down.