More than 30 Somali students are the recipients of a potentially life-changing opportunity after receiving scholarships from China.
They will travel to China to join Chinese universities.
The Chinese government announced that it had awarded the scholarships to dozens of students from Somalia.
It organized a farewell ceremony for the students in Mogadishu on Thursday.
Senior officials from the Somali government joined other esteemed guests and Fei Shengchao at the farewell ceremony.
Shengchao is the Chinese Ambassador to Somalia.
Somalia enjoys robust diplomatic relations with China.