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Crossing ContinentsThe Mayor of MogadishuThe Mayor of Mogadishu

A day in the life of the new Somali-British mayor of Mogadishu Mohamed Nur. The Mayor of Mogadishu was broadcast on Radio 4's Crossing Continents on Thursday, 15 November 2012.

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A refugee camp in the ruins of the old Italian Cathdral in central Mogadishu

Many Somalis are still not able to find homes, despite the fast pace of rebuilding.

  • Meet the Mayor of Mogadishu
  • The mayor of Mogadishu's security detail
  • The mayor meets a local businessman in Mogadishu
  • The mayor surveys a building he hopes to turn into a shopping mall
  • Children at play
  • A refugee camp in the ruins of the old Italian Cathdral in central Mogadishu
  • Children play on Mogadishu's sandy beach
  • The mayor prays with Somali soldiers at a disputed checkpoint
  • The mayor is coming
  • The mayor, an orphan himself, visits an orphanage for girls in Mogadishu
  • Getting down to business

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