Somalia: Getting Children Into Somalia's Classrooms

14 September 2013
analysis

Mogadishu — Somalia is well-known for being a country torn apart by decades of conflict, by hunger and instability. Today, with fragile stability emerging and a new government in place, there is an opportunity to define a new future of peace, prosperity and justice.

The capital city, Mogadishu, is changing at an extraordinary pace. On the streets the "thwack-thwack" sound that rings out in the mornings is not the clatter of machine guns, but the sound of hammers. The painters are painting and signs of construction are visible everywhere. There is hope.

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