Benadir University (BU) ( so, Jaamacadda Banadir, ar, جامعـــة بنـــادر), also known as the University of Benadir, is a private university located in
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...
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Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
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History
Benadir University was founded in October 2002 as a
medical school to help train local doctors in Somalia.
On December 28, 2019,
a bomb attack destroyed a minibus carrying Benadir University students, killing at least 76 people including 20 Benadir University students.
See also
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2009 Shamo Hotel bombing
References
Benadir University
External links
Benadir University
Universities in Somalia
Universities in Mogadishu
Educational institutions established in 2002
2002 establishments in Somalia
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