Somali capital opens first horse riding stable in decades

Somali students Abshir Caraye and Sayid Ahmed from the Yahya Fardoole horse training centre participate in horse racing as part of their training at their stable outside the main stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia February 17, 2022. [Reuters]

On a tree-lined, unpaved road in Somalia's capital, people duck out of their homes to stare in awe at an unusual sight: two young men atop white horses, racing neck and neck, in training for what would be the city's first horse races in decades.