Somaliland: The Now Destitute Women of Waheen Market

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Somaliland: The Now Destitute Women of Waheen Market
A woman picks through fire-damaged remains at the market. Photograph: Mustafa Saeed/The Guardian

Somalilandsun: With much of Hargeisa’s Waheen market in ruins, many of those who worked there have been left devastated. Most are women.

“Nobody knows how this has impacted us. We weren’t rich people, but we would make enough money to get through our daily affairs. Our life has taken a drastic turn, but we will work with whatever God provides,” the women relate their calamities in this piece by Guardian titled It’s all gone’: the women left bereft when Somaliland’s largest market burned down

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