Published on Oct 14, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish : The property market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has boomed since the government pushed out al-Shabab fighters.
The most peaceful period in the city in over two decades has brought thousands of ex-pat Somalis back to their homeland.
But with speculators hoping to turn a profit behind most of the investments in new properties, prices are skyrocketing while hundreds of thousands of internally displaced, only kilometres away, live in poverty.
