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Published: 24 May 2014 - 01:06 am | Last Updated: 26 Jan 2022 - 10:03 pm

A man dives into the Indian Ocean waters at Lido beach, north of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, yesterday. Lido beach was a famous attraction before Somalia tumbled into chaos in 1991 with the ousting of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. In the last few years, the beach was a frontline for the Islamist Al Shabaab, who withdrew from most parts of Mogadishu.