Horn of Africa

A Somali soldier patrols a street following a suicide car bomb and gun attack.
Books
The death of a Navy SEAL reveals US mission creep in Somalia
Actor Ben Schnetzer plays photojournalist Dan Eldon in the bio-pic The Journey is the Destination.
Arts
A mother who lost her son in Somalia brings his journals to life in a film
Abebe Haregewoin (right) and his father in Ethiopia.
Global Politics
Famine haunted his childhood in Ethiopia. Now he sees food running out again.
Ethiopian drought/water jugs
Global Politics
In Ethiopia and other countries, drought related to El Niño is causing a hunger crisis
Ilwad Elman and her mother Fartuun Adan created the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Mogadishu.
Conflict
A Mogadishu-based mother and daughter team say youth can be brought back from religious extremism
Ethiopians prepared billboards to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to their capital Addis Ababa.
Conflict
Elaborate rituals and lions roaming the palace grounds are just part of what sets autocratic Ethiopia apart from its neighbors
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh of Djibouti on May 5, 2014. Some Djiboutians say American ties to their country are holding back democratization.
Global Politics
The overthrow of Blaise Compaoré sparks protests against Djibouti’s leader
al-Shabaab radio stations in Somalia
Conflict & Justice
How al-Shabab is building a media empire and creating chaos in Kenya
Conflict & Justice
Toxic! Britney Spears used as a weapon against Somali pirates
Four year old Portia Walton runs toward Abdul Haji during the Westgate Mall massacre. Her mom and others shelter under the black and white table in the middle. The terrorists are holed up and firing from the supermarket beyond the table.
Conflict & Justice
Meet the Kenyan hero who fought terrorists and rescued dozens
Kenyan soldiers take cover behind walls near the Westgate shopping centre after an exchange of gunfire inside the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Monday.
Conflict & Justice
Nairobi Attack a Sign of ‘Desperation’ for al-Shabab, says Expert
African Union troops patrolling in Kismayo, in southern Somalia. The Kenyan-led troops come under daily attack in Kismayo.
Global Politics
Shabab on the Offensive Inside Somalia