Bosaso, previously without air service, has three or four flights a week, mostly from Djibouti and Dubai. In addition, all airports in Somalia receive frequent flights bringing khat from Kenya and Ethiopia. 5 Consumer goods are generally available. Virtually any food, clothing, or electrical good one could hope for is available in Mogadishu and sometimes in Bosaso. These include fabrics, radios, stereos, building supplies, air conditioners, tools, clothing, steel sheets and rods, batteries, cigarettes, videotapes and cameras, books and newspapers, and even computers and disks.
Food is available.
Basic foods are fully available in the major cities. While much is imported, there appeared to be no shortage, so long as one can pay. During the week we were in Bosaso, bananas were just beginning to appear from the Lower Shabelle farms in the south. While it was not exactly clear how they were being shipped, it appeared that they were coming up by truck rather than by sea. Financial transfers are possible.