Descripción del sitio
October 21st road is the main road running through Mogadishu (Mogadishu: Images from the past). It was named for the day General Mohammed Siad Barre seized power in 1969 after a military coup. Siad Barre introduced scientific socialism to Somalia, and although he insisted that his version of socialism was consistent with the Qur'an, many religious leaders were warned not to interfere with politics (Somalia: A Country Study).