CAPE TOWN, April 24 (Reuters) - Every country likes to think of their national stadium as a fortress but for the Somali Football Federation (SFF) that is literally the case.
The Somalia National Stadium in Mogadishu has been used as a military barracks for much of the last two decades and has most recently by occupied by African Union peacekeeping forces.
Now that the country is enjoying relative stability despite a civil war that has lasted for 24 years, the SFF is ready to return to playing international football but has no venue for home matches.
Somalia's last home continental qualifier was against Uganda in 1986 and they have used neutral venues to keep competing at international level since.