Huge Danger Lies In Travelling To Mogadishu

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As Mogadishu is the beautiful and attractive place but it becomes the battleground of the civil war from 1991. It is the official capital of the Somalia which was ruined and destroyed from the last thirty years. Every time there would a risk of life because commonly bombing and shootings were played. War between the militants and the union troops create hunger in the people and become the refugees. Thus the new established government has a huge burden to settle those refuges and give them appropriate food and shelter to live in their own homeland. This also severely damaged the Somalia’s economy but private sector helped to re build the system of the country.

But yet no facilities are being provided to the tourist and the local people.It has an international airport where flights to Mogadishu are landed at the Aden Adde International Airport near the city centre. But unfortunately due to instability and civil war aftershock, this airport is not up to the standard and non-facilitative. This is the main reason that Turkish government has stopped the funding for development project of the airport which includes the renovation, ...
... security system implantation, installation of control tower and navigation system. Due to encumberment of work, few passenger flights are operational. Thus if you want to take cheap and economical flight to Mogadishu, you have to travel only by the African airlines. Like, Jubba Airways is the only Somali based carrier which provide flights to Mogadishu from various regions. But the cheapest flight to Mogadishu is offered by African Express Airways.

If you want to take the flight from London to Mogadishu, then you have to take the linked flight either from Nairobi or from Dubai because there are no direct schedule flights to Mogadishu from London. From where you can approached to Mogadishu through only these airlines; African Express Airways, Jubba Airways and East African. Similarly Turkish airline provides the flight to Mogadishu only on Tuesday and Thursday from Istanbul via Khartoum.Other than air travel, all other means are recommended not to be adopted due to instability and threaten attacks for foreigners. If you are moving around the city freely then it is confirm that you are the employee of local militia other wise you have either hire the armed and experienced guard or security force to enter safely. So always travel with the driver and the armed guard or betterly to hire the armored vehicle.

In the mean while there could be a chance that terrorist group or gorilla forces can harmed or killed you or even captured to the extreme end. Within the city no proper infrastructure is designed. Roads are getting messy and potholed and the whole traffic system was abolished by the people. Thus there is no law and order just has the rule of stick or hook and crook. So it is quite dangerous to travel in night not due to absence of light but also mine explosions are fitted on the roads. Same is the case if you travel to Mogadishu by boat. All the cargo ships are moved to the cities with the security officers who give the security to cross the dangerous zone at the harbor. It is very much risky because more chances are observed that cargo ships are attached by the pirates in any area other than the port which is quite safe and sound by the militants.

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