[ noun ] a city in northwestern Somalia <noun.location>
They will be taken to Mogadishu for the moment." The U.N. Development Program hired three light aircraft to ferry the foreigners from Hargeisa, 600 miles north of Mogadishu, to Garowe.
The preliminary tally compiled by independent counter, Copeople from Hargeisa to the nearby town of Garowe before the operation stopped because of a curfew, said the British High Commission in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
Rebels were fighting government troops on the outskirts of Hargeisa and Burao in northwest Somalia and expect to take control of both cities "very soon," he said.
Silanyo renewed rebel claims that they control key northern centers including Hargeisa, Somalia's second largest city, and the regional capital of Burao, since mounting a major offensive against President Siad Barre's army late May.