Safe and fun: Somalia welcomes more international tourists


By AGENCY
Residents of Mogadishu swim in the ocean during an afternoon out on Lido beach in Mogadishu. — Photos: AFP

Children run in turquoise water, hawkers tout wares on white sands, and families laugh as tourists disembark from small boats – but it’s not some tropical island, it’s Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.

“I didn’t really tell my family where I was going,” said Sheryl, from the United States, after walking along Lido Beach in the city.

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