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Mogadishu

Displaced women collect water in yellow plastic cans in Baidoa, Somalia.

‘No more food in my village’: Aid needed to avert a famine in Somalia

Climate Change

The United Nations has said more than 700 children have died in malnourishment centers in Somalia this year. Several parts of the country could experience famine from October to December due to extreme drought.

A Somali woman wearing a purple headscarf answers the phone in an office with American flags and East Africa map on the wall.

US-based Somali Bantu face deportation to a country they’ve never known

Migration
A Burundian African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeper stands guard before being replaced by the Somali military at Jaale Siad Military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Killed by drones: A family waits for answers as US reviews deadly airstrikes in Somalia

A man at a podium with groups of seated people around him

Is Turkey seeking a neo-Ottoman Empire?

Global Politics
A policeman wears a black uniform

After most recent attack, should US negotiate with al-Shabab?

Extremism
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A Burundian African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeper stands guard before being replaced by the Somali military at Jaale Siad Military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia. February 28, 2019.

Did a US bomb kill an innocent Somali man? His family says yes.

Conflict & Justice

Ahmed Hassan Hirei says his brother, Ibrahim Hirei, was killed in a US airstrike in Somalia. Now, he wants answers.

Women in colorful robes escape from building after explosion.

Attacked on all sides: Somali civilians bombed by US airstrikes and targeted by al-Shabab

Global Politics

An increase in US counterterrorism operations in Somalia brings unintended humanitarian and security consequences on the ground.

Members of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab surrender to authorities in the north of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Sept. 24, 2012.

Al-Shabab kidnaps Somali children to fill its ranks. Parents pull kids from school or flee to protect them.

Conflict & Justice

The terrorist group al-Shabab has conscripted children throughout its decade-long insurgency in Somalia, but it escalated its campaign of forcibly recruiting child soldiers in mid-2017.

A woman holds her hand over her face and clutches the arm of a man next to her as they walk through the destroyed shopping district in Mogadishu.

Minnesota’s Somali immigrants feel ‘holes’ left after deadly Mogadishu attack

Conflict

One Minnesota man was in Mogadishu for a job interview. Another was about to meet members of his family. Then Somalia’s deadliest terrorist attack happened.

Somali government forces and civilians gather at the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia on Oct. 15, 2017.

Somalia bombing described as its ‘deadliest attack ever’

Conflict

Rescuers have worked to pull bodies from the rubble after a truck bomb exploded outside Safari Hotel on a busy road junction in Mogadishu, leveling buildings and leaving many vehicles in flames.

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