The capital of Somalia. Since 1991, when Somalia's government collapsed, it has been the center of intense warfare that continues to this day. In, 1993, when a US-led UN coalition tried to stabilize Somalia, 19 Americans died in a battle in what was later known as 'Black Hawk Down'. Since 2006, Ethiopian troops have had a presence in Mogadishu.
Black American kid: Hey nigga tell me how's your 'hood!? My city Detroit is so bad! Niggaz getting shot everyday! We's definitely the hardest hood in America!
Somalian kid: You tell me! I come from Mogadishu in Somalia, where there's gun and rpg fire 24/7 and corpses are everywhere! You could not throw a stone without hitting one!
Almost a ghost city now, but once used to be the pearl of the Indian Ocean.
Biggest city and the capital of Somalia.
socores of American soldiers were killed and dragged on its streets in 1993, and now stinky Ethio mothafucka'z are gettin' hell and bein beaten up there.
" Eva been to Mogadishu, mate?"
"Nuh, but I'd love to."
" I'm missin it like hell, man, it's ma hood "
Little Mogadishu is an area within the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of MINNEAPOLIS. It is home to largest concentration of Somali immigrants in the United States.