Two young Somali women are redefining what it means to be a female engineer in a city that is rising from the ashes of its violent past. Both were born during the civil war and grew up witnessing their country fragmenting and in ruins. While many Somalis chose to leave the country, they stayed, driven by a passion to rebuild. BBC's Fardowsa Hanshi has just returned from Somalia, where she met them. | BBC News Africa

24K views · 495 reactions | A rare phenomenon has been spotted this week. Two white giraffe better known as the "Somali giraffe" were spotted in the Somali region of Kenya. The Somali giraffes, as the name implies, were mainly native to Somali inhabited regions of East Africa. Only after the civil war did many of them migrate to neighboring countries like Kenya. #SomaliGirrafes #WhiteSomaliGirrafes #AllThingsSomali | All Things Somali | Facebook

3.8K views · 51 reactions | Minneapolis: First Somali Museum in the world! Meet Osman Ali, Founder of The Somali Museum of Minnesota. He followed his passion & dream to create the FIRST Somali Museum since the the civil war in Somalia. His inspiring story will keep history alive for generations of Somalis. | Sommode | Facebook