STORY: SOMALIA MOGADISHU NIGHTLIFE TRT: 3:14 SOURCE: AU/UN IST RESTRICTIONS: This media asset is free for

r editorial broadcast, print, online and radio use. It is not to be sold on and is restricted for other purposes. All enquiries to news@auunist.org CREDIT REQUIRED: AU/UN IST LANGUAGE: SOMALI/NATS DATELINE: 12 MARCH 2013+RECENT, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA SHOTLIST: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (MARCH 12, 2013) 1. Wide shot, moon in night sky 2. Wide shot, Maka Al-Mukarama street at night 3. Med shot, cars driving on the street at night 4. Wide shot, people walking on the streets 5. Wide shot, people outside Daaru Salaam Restaurant 6. Med shot, restaurant owner selling at night 7. Close up, Mohamad Mohamud Raage, restaurant owner 8. Med shot, food being packaged for take-away 9. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Mohamad Mohamud Raage, Owner, Daaru Salaam Restaurant: We are doing our best so that this city and our businesses can progress, and we are praying that Allah will let this peace continue, because its this peace that allows us to make a living. 10. Wide shot, people having dinner outside Daaru Salaam restaurant 11. Close up, man eating 12. Med shot, people having dinner outside the restaurant 13. Close up, food on a plate 14. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Unidentified Daaru Salaam Restaurant Patron: The reason we are still out on the streets at this time is because of the peace were experiencing. We come out at night, like at 9 p.m. for meals because the security situation is better than it was before and we can go home safely at anytime. 15. Med shot, sign reading Nabaad Supermarket 16. Wide shot, pan goods inside the supermarket 17. Wide shot, shoppers at a stall 18. Med shot, man looking at peanut butter 19. Med shot, Ali Moumin Abdi, teller at Nabaad registering the items 20. SOUNDBITE (Somali): Moumin Abdi, Teller, Nabaad Supermarket: People are shopping at this time because there is security. Sometimes we are open till 11:30 or midnight because are 100 percent sure that they will be safe. Weve forgotten the sound of bullets because we dont hear them anymore. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (RECENT) 21. Wide shot, entrance of City Palace Hotel 22. Med shot, singer Mohammed Hassan Hussein Lafoole performing 23. Med shot, Mohammed performing as crowd of fans dance 24. Med shot, woman dancing 25. Med shot, woman dancing 26. Wide shot, people dancing 27. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Sahra Isse, Journalist: During the troubles it was unusual for people to be out at this time of night. But today I can see that theres a big change and I welcome it and I hope it will continue. 28. Med shot, people dancing 29. Med shot, women dancing

STORY: Motorists and pedestrians make their way home or run errands as darkness falls in Mogadishu once referred to as the most dangerous city in the world. The once deserted streets of the Somali capital are now a hive of activity, with shops and restaurants doing brisk business in various parts of the city well into the night. Just two years ago, few of Mogadishus residents would have dared stay out past sunset as various groups battled for control of the city. But things changed dramatically here from August 2011, when the al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab, were forced to flee their positions in the capital by the Somali National Army (SNA) and the African Union Peacekeeping Forces (AMISOM). Mohamad Mohamud Raage, owner of the popular Daaru Salaam Restaurant, is working hard to cash in on the growing numbers of people who like coming out at night to share meals with their family and friends. We are doing our best so that this city and our businesses can progress, and we are praying that Allah will let this peace continue, because its this peace that allows us to make a living, Raage said. The reason we are still out on the streets at this time is because of the peace were experiencing. We come out at night, like at 9 p.m. for meals because the security situation is better than it was before and we can go home safely at anytime, said one Daaru Salaams diners. Nabaad Super Market is another one of Mogadishus businesses that is enjoying a boom now that customers can pick up items they didnt have time to grab during the day. People are shopping at this time because there is security. Sometimes we are open till 11:30 or midnight because are 100 percent sure that they will be safe. Weve forgotten the sound of bullets because we dont hear them anymore, said Moumin Abdi, one of Naabads tellers. Recently Mogadishu played host to British Diaspora singer Mohammed Hassan Hussein Lafoole, whose concert highlighted just how much the city has changed. Music and dancing was banned during al Shabaab rule. During the troubles, it would have been unusual for people to be out at this time of night. But today I can see theres a big change and I welcome it and I hope it wil continue, said Sahra Isse, a journalist. Somalia faces many daunting challenges, but the capitals growing nightlife, is a sign that people in the country's hub are singing a new tune: one of peace, development and hope. ENDS