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The Fifth Floor: Somali Protests: From Fear to Anger

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Mogadishu protests after bombing

20/10/2017 GMT

Somali Protests: From Fear to Anger

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, Somali Protests: From Fear to Anger

How Mogadishu's most destructive bomb attack has become a turning point for Somalis

Somalia after the bomb; saying No to tattoos in India; songs of Chinese Communism; remembering Thomas Sankara; a ride on the Deccan Queen; 
and Fifi Haroon. With David Amanor.

The unprecedented bomb attack in Mogadishu last weekend killed nearly 300 people and injured hundreds more.  BBC Somali's Farhan Jimale lost friends in the attack.  He explains what's remarkable about this attack in a country so used to violence.

Don't brand me 
Tattoos have become fashionable for affluent, city dwelling young Indians.  But Geeta Pandey, BBC online's Women and Social Affairs Editor in India, grew up in a traditional village, and for her tattoos are strictly taboo.  She tells us why.

Chinese Communist Party's greatest hits 
The 19th Chinese Party Congress is underway this week, and several songs have been released to celebrate President Xi Jinping's time in office.  Howard Zhang of BBC Chinese conjures up a musical mix tape telling a brief history of communist China.

Sankara today           
It's 30 years since the assassination of Thomas Sankara, the leftist leader of Burkina Faso.  He's sometimes known as Africa's Che Guevara, and is still a famous figure across the continent.  Lamine Konkobo of BBC Afrique discusses his enduring legacy in revolutionary African politics. 

All aboard the Deccan Queen!
The Deccan Queen train  links Pune in the hills with Mumbai down on the coast, and is older than the state of India itself.  It's also India's only train to have a dining car.  BBC Marathi's Mayuresh Konnur is from Pune and knows it well.

And Fifi Haroon's pick of the world wide web.



(Photo: Mogadishu protests after bombing. Credit: Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

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