Bakaara Market

The Bakaara Market in 2005

The Bakaaraha Market (Somali: Suuqa Bakaaraha) is an open market in Mogadishu, Somalia. It is the largest in the nation. The name Bakaaraha is derived from the Somali word for grain silo or storage, baqaar.

The market was created in late 1972 during the reign of Mohamed Siad Barre. Proprietors sell daily essentials, including maize, sorghum, beans, peanuts, sesame, wheat and rice, petrol and medicine.[1]

It is famous for illicit activities, such as forged Somali passports processed within minutes, Ethiopian and Kenyan passports, and other forged documents, including birth certificates and university diplomas. This illicit sub-market is known as Cabdalle Shideeye after one of its first proprietors.[citation needed]

History

Battle of Mogadishu

On 3 October 1993, the market was one of the areas where the Battle of Mogadishu was fought. Two of the five U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters, involved in the battle, were downed in the vicinity of the market area which led to a fierce firefight that lasted until the evening of 4 October 1993.[2]

Violence, fires, and counterfeit currency

In 1997, a dispute arose over the control of the collection of taxes in the market. As a result of the confrontation, a rocket-propelled grenade was fired into a fuel tank. (Fuel tanks are above ground in the market, not stored underground.) Several civilians were injured.[3]

In March of 1999, hundreds fled the market after fighting erupted. Fighting continued between Islamic Courts and secular militias through April.[4]

On 26 January 2000, the market was the site of the shooting of Ahmed Kafi Awale, a radio commentator for Hussein Mohamed Aidid's Radio of the Somali People. Three others were killed and seven were injured.[5]

On 5 January 2001, a fire broke out in the market. The vegetable section of the market was destroyed, as was part of the milk section. Islamic Courts Union (ICU) militia forces broke up the fighting.[citation needed]

In February 2001, an influx of counterfeit currency led to the shutting of the market for a time. The Somali shilling collapsed. Traders only accepted U.S. dollars for a time. The cost of arms was affected, and the cost of food and essentials doubled during the crisis.[citation needed]

On 10 April 2004, another fire broke out in the market. According to a report to the UN Security Council:

On the night of 10 April [2004], a serious fire in the main Bakaara market in Mogadishu resulted in at least eight people killed and more than 30 wounded. Armed looters shot indiscriminately into the crowd. The incident caused significant insecurity in the areas surrounding the market.[6]

On 2 October 2007, another fire started in the market, spreading rapidly. The fire reportedly was caused by a fired shell during a brief fight between the re-liberation forces against Ethiopian forces and their allied transitional government forces nearby.[7]

On 15 October 2009, Al-Shabab insurgents shelled the Bakara Market with mortars, killing 20 people and wounding 58 others.[citation needed]

On 1 May 2010, two bombs detonated at a mosque near the market, killing 39 people and wounding 70.[8]

On 12 May 2011 the African Union Mission to Somalia and the Transitional Federal Government launched an offensive towards the market to clear out Al-Shabaab.

On 14 May 2011 heavy shelling hit the market resulting in at least 14 civilian casualties. Most of the civilians killed were women doing their shopping, and one child was also among those killed.[citation needed]

In November 2012, the head of Bakara’s business community, businessman Ahmed Nure Awdiini, was shot dead outside his office in Mogadishu.[9]

On 6 February 2024, at least ten people were killed and at least twenty others were injured in a quadruple bombing at the market.[10]

Security checkpoint

The security checkpoint for the market was controlled for a time by Mohamed Qanyare Afrah, a Mogadishu faction leader who was appointed Minister of National Security by the Transitional Federal Government. The checkpoints for the market were removed in June 2005 as part of the Green Leaf for Democracy (GLED) initiative of a "Global Week against Small Arms."[11]

References

  1. ^ "Market place where money talks". Daily news Botswana. June 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "On this Day, October 3, 1993, Battle of Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down)". SOFREP. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Horn of Africa Monthly Review 1-31 May 1997". UNDP.
  4. ^ "World: Africa Mogadishu market clash". BBC.
  5. ^ "Journalists Killed in 2000 - Motive Confirmed: Ahmed Kafi Awale". Committee to Protect Journalists. January 26, 2001. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Local Business, Local Peace: the Peacebuilding Potential of the Domestic Private Sector: Case Study, Somalia" (PDF). International Alert. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28.
  7. ^ "Fire cripples Somali market". The Columbus Dispatch. October 4, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Somali blasts kill 'at least 30 at militants mosque'". BBC News. May 2010.
  9. ^ Somali Mogadishu businessman Ahmed Nure Awdiini killed, United Kingdom: BBC News, 2012
  10. ^ "Blasts in Somalia's capital Mogadishu kill at least 10, says residents". The Jerusalem Post. February 6, 2024.
  11. ^ "Global Week of Action Against Small Arms Somalia 2005". Somaliweyn. Archived from the original on 2007-02-10.

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