Britain’s Mo Farah clinched an Olympic long distance double here Saturday, storming to a pulsating victory in the 5,000m just one week after his triumph in the 10,000m.
Members of the Isaaq clan met and greeted the leader of the United Somali Congress (USC), General Mohamed Farah Aideed (Aidid), in the Somali capital in 1992.
Somalis are excellent at bringing down one another. However, the success of one Somali entity should not necessarily mean the painful humiliation of other Somali entities.
Mo Farah’s eldest brother Faisal and his mother Amran will walk four miles to the nearest village with electricity to watch the final of 5,000m. Photograph: Ali Jama Mohamed/Guardian
NAIROBI — War-torn Somalia is setting up a stock market to raise cash for fledging businesses, as the Horn of Africa nation seeks to rebuild from over two decades of conflict, offi
