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Kismayo roars back to business under KDF

Ahmed Haji Adan in charge of running the port at Kismayo. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. [Maxwell Agwanda]

Matatus are the same everywhere. In Kismayo town they hoot loudly, overlap, pick and drop passengers in the middle of the road causing nasty traffic snarl ups.

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