Somalia Rejoices in a Rare Football Triumph

The Somalia under-17 national football team returned home after winning the East and Central African (Cecafa) championship in the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.

Somalia Rejoices in a Rare Football Triumph (News Central TV)
Somalia under-17 National team filing out to celebrate their victory


On Saturday, the Somali teenagers defeated their South Sudanese rivals 3-1 in the championship match.
Since the country’s descent into civil conflict in 1991, this is the first time a Somali football team has won an international championship.

Somalia Rejoices in a Rare Football Triumph (News Central TV)


The win has brought an unprecedented sense of unity to a nation beset by violence.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud greeted the crew upon their arrival in Mogadishu at the presidential palace.

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