Mogadishu, Jan 23, 2025 (AFP) - New rider in town: Somalia's first woman equestrian turns heads

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A strange sight appears on the streets of Mogadishu: a figure dressed all in black, including a cowboy hat, riding a horse through the beeping traffic of tuk-tuks and motorbikes. Stranger still in conservative Somalia, the rider is a woman. Shukri Osman Muse said she is "delighted to be the first female equestrian in the country -- it was a dream of mine for many years". The 25-year-old spoke to AFP after galloping on her chestnut horse through......

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