Somali women take the pitch as crowds cheer in Mogadishu
Hundreds of spectators watched two teams of young women play football in Mogadishu — a scene once unthinkable in the conservative, conflict-hit country.
Hundreds of Somali spectators cheered as two teams of young women played football in a Mogadishu stadium. Such a public display of women's football would have been unimaginable in the conservative, conflict-hit country just a few years ago.