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A shopkeeper in a clothing and shoe store in Hamar Weyne Market in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The 6th of August marks two years since the militant group Al-Shabaab withdrew from Mogadishu following sustained operations to retake the city by the Somali National Army (SNA) backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops. Since the group's departure the country's capital has re-established itself and a sense of normality has returned. Buildings and infrastructure devastated and destroyed by two decades of conflict have been repaired; thousands of Somalis have returned from abroad to invest and help rebuild their nation; and foreign embassies and diplomatic missions have reopened.

A young attendant in a grocery store in the Mbyo Village in the Bugesera District of Rwanda.

Mbyo Village is a reconciliation village, established as part of Rwanda's "Unity and Reconciliation" initiative to foster national unity and collective progress. These villages represent one of several projects initiated by the Rwandan government in response to the 1994 genocide. Within these villages, survivors of the genocide live alongside repentant ex-perpetrators, promoting coexistence and healing.

2024 marks the 30th observance of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. More than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in less than three months.

Three daring window cleaners working at the Buenos Aires Sheraton Park Hotel, risking their lives as they gracefully dangle with perceptibly spider-like agility from the facade of the establishment in order to provide the hotel's guests with a pellucid view of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Digitization Project at Radio Mogadishu, Somalia

11/07/2013 10:12:10

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Once one of Mogadishu's most luxurious hotels, the Al-Uruba lays in ruins after two decades of civil war.

Ruins of Al-Uruba Hotel, Mogadishu

10/23/2012 12:19:56

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Headline Digitization Project at Radio Mogadishu, Somalia

Caption Description After surviving two decades of civil war, the archives of Radio Mogadishu are being converted into digital files.
Abshir Hashi Hali, the head of the archives, is pictured at work in the station’s library.

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NICA ID 569931

Production Date 11/07/2013 10:12:10 AM

City/Location Mogadishu

Country Somalia

Credit UN Photo/Tobin Jones

File size 2.19 MB