Tourist numbers rose 50% in 2024, with many visitors going to Mogadishu and other areas, even though Somalia still faces piracy, terrorism, and poor healthcare.
Amid accusations of an Azeri-based genocide, the Commission’s top foreign policy mandarin for the region, Lawrence Meredith, provoked a backlash by promoting Azerbaijani tourism.
Despite this year’s drought, which reduced the regional wildlife’s habitat to one-third of its usual size, the strawberry industry suffered very little.
