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Mogadishu's renewal: Where bombs once fell, skyscrapers rise

New apartments in Mogadishu, Somalia. [File, Standard]

First-time visitors to Mogadishu are often shocked by the ruinous state of buildings that have withstood decades of war since President Siad Barre's government was toppled in 1991.

These devastated structures, scattered across the city, lend Mogadishu an eerie atmosphere-one that can unsettle even the hardiest traveller.

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