The news that they have all been waiting for arrived at about 22.00 hours on Monday. The new moon had appeared and Tuesday was the first day of the Ramadan Feast.
Somalis who woke up on the first day of the Ramadan Feast ate their traditional halva and cookies and later went to the mosque by the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu.
Many Somalis with whom the AA correspondent spoke seemed happy and wanted the joy of the Ramadan Feast to continue.
Many Somalis also indicated that they wished the civil war would not resume and that peace and tranquility in capital Mogadishu would continue.
While most Somali men seemed hopeful for the future, many widow women seemed as if they were not aware of the Ramadan Feast.
As Mogadishu welcomed the Ramadan Feast, hundreds of refugees from Baydhaba Diin-soon and Shabellada-Hoose regions continued to pour into the city running away from famine.
Somali refugees have to walk for four days in order to travel the 120 km road between Shabellada-Hoose region and Mogadishu.
Refugees have to walk for eight days in order to travel the 250 km road between Baydhaba and Mogadishu.
It takes Somali refugees 16 days to walk the 500 km road between Diin-soon and Mogadishu.
Many Somali refugees stay without food and water for up to two days while trying to reach Mogadishu.
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