Help famine victims in Africa, Yemen
CNN.com4 hours agoTwenty million people desperately need food assistance across four countries: Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and northeast Nigeria -- according to figures from the United Nations. "We stand ...
Al-Shabab kidnaps Somali children to fill its ranks. Parents pull kids from school or flee to protect them.
PRI Public Radio International3 hours agoIsmael disappeared on his way home from school in the town of Baidoa in southern Somalia two years ago. Mohamud says he suspects that al-Shabab militants kidnapped Ismael with three other ...
Video More Gunfire After Kenyan Forces Assault Nairobi's Westgate Mall
Skanner24 hours agoThe Kenyan Red Cross said that 62 people had died since the Saturday attack by gunmen from the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab terror group.
Kentucky man spent years trying to bring his family to the United States
WPTV West Palm Beach9 hours agoThe pair had grown up together in Somalia, but only he made it to the U.S. She sought refuge thousands of miles away in London. "It was important to live the American dream and bring ...
Somalia, Ethiopia to jointly invest in four seaports on the Red Sea
Reuters3 days agoSomalia and Ethiopia announced they were jointly investing in four seaports to attract foreign investment to their two countries, the latest move in a tussle for access to ports along ...
Somalia: Being A Failed State And Owning It
Strategy Page17 hours agoJune 18, 2018: The peacekeepers are trying to take advantage of the annual “Ramadan Offensive” and hit al Shabaab when they are most active and exposed. Al Shabaab, like most Islamic terror ...
The Five Conflicts Driving the Bulk of the World’s Refugee Crisis
New York Times32 minutes agoThe mention of these nations conjures images of violent conflict — and of humanity on the move. Many in the affluent West are fearful of a world in which they imagine refugees from these countries ...
UN chief: Highest number of conflicts globally in 30 years
KSL Salt Lake City11 hours agoThe annual Oslo Forum panel discussion on peacemaking also was attended by leaders from Somalia, Algeria, Jordan, Oman and Tanzania.
At Least Eight Kenyan Police Killed by Militants
US News & World Report2 days agoEight Kenyan police officials were killed when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device planted by Somalia's al Shabaab militant group, police said. The militants took eight weapons ...
A decade after journalist Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia, an Ottawa court has sentenced one of the men involved to 15 years in prison in the case, which is the first of its ...