At least two dozen people were injured and hundreds of businesses were destroyed in a massive fire that ripped through the Waheen market in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, local officials said.
This market accommodated about 2,000 shops and was accounted for up to 50% of the city's economy, the local chamber of commerce said.
The cause of the fire, which started on Friday and was contained early on Saturday, is yet unknown.
Photos and videos of the devastating blaze have been shared on social media.
Somaliland's president Muse Bihi Abdi said the government would allocate $1 million to address the aftermath of the blaze. Somaliland is a breakaway republic of Somalia, in east Africa, which self-declared its independence in 1991.