Mogadishu, the Somalian capital Once the seat of the Italian colonial government, Mogadishu has unfortunately managed to preserve very little of the Italian architecture that once characterised it due to the war. © Michel Renaudeau / Hoa Qui
Located on the southern coast, a great deal of Muqdisho has been destroyed due to the civil war - particularly the Old City and its Italian colonial buildings. Very little of the old camel market is left.