Mogadishu Street Life Goes On, Despite Risk Of Al Shabaab Attack

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - NOVEMBER 10: A view of the skyline of Mogadishu city on November 10, 2022 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Mogadishu city has grown tall with hotels and residential buildings, and is unrecognizable from 30 years ago, when the American and U.N. military intervention Operation Restore Hope first deployed to stem a famine, which devolved into a manhunt for Somalias most powerful warlord at the time, Gen. Mohamed Farah Aidid, which resulted in the infamous Black Hawk Down debacle. Officials warn of the likelihood of lethal attacks - such as the double suicide car bombing on October 29 that killed more than 120 Somalis near the downtown education ministry - by the Al Qaeda-linked Islamist Al Shabaab militants, as government forces allied with local clan militias make significant territorial gains in their on-going offensive against Al Shabaab in central Somalia. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)