TO ACCOMPANY FEATURE BC-SOMALIA-UNIVERSITY, 2003-09-24 (photo)

A man and his donkey pass next to Mogadishu University high institute of nursing in Somalia, September 24, 2003. The university, which opened its doors in 1997, was founded by a group of middle-aged academics using funds from the large Somalia diaspora and Islamic relief agencies in the Gulf. Residents say the 1,400-student university and an affiliated Mogadishu school network that teaches more than 150,000 pupils have done more to rebuild the city's morale in recent years than all the U.N. and Western relief agencies put together. Picture taken September 24, 2003. TO GO WITH FEATURE BC-SOMALIA-UNIVERSITY. REUTERS/ Antony Njuguna AN/AA