Since the end of the transition period in 2012, land prices started to rise to as much as ten-fold compared to the previous year in parts of Mogadishu. This in turn led to private investors buying up public land with the help of their friends in government.
Today as we mark the International Anti-Corruption Day, let us take a look at the effects of corruption in Mogadishu where almost all the public gardens have opaquely been turned into petrol stations or restaurants.

After stopping work on the site earlier in the year due to opposition from the new Banadir administration, work has resumed on the site without intervention from authorities.

This site used to be a state-owned petrol station. There is no transparency about how and why it was sold to a private company.

This site in Sinai used to be a state-owned petrol station. Private investors are now developing it.