Mogadishu

Shukri Abasheikh, owner of Mogadishu Store, helps customer Gracia Mbula with a purchase in her store in Lewiston, Maine, on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.

Lewiston mass shooting rattles local Somalis who came to Maine looking for safety 

Violence

Lewiston, Maine, the site of the latest large mass shooting in the US, is a city that has been transformed by immigrants, particularly a large community of refugees from Somalia. Ari Snider reports on how Somalis in Lewiston, who fled violence in their homeland, are reacting to the violence in their new home.

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
A Somali soldier patrols a street following a suicide car bomb and gun attack.

The death of a Navy SEAL reveals US mission creep in Somalia

Books
Actor Ben Schnetzer plays photojournalist Dan Eldon in the bio-pic The Journey is the Destination.

A mother who lost her son in Somalia brings his journals to life in a film

Arts
The World

One woman challenges perceptions of Somalia one Instagram post at a time

Culture
Somali troops march against Al Shabaab

Al-Shabaab’s ‘water terrorism’ is yielding results and tragedy in Somalia’s civil war

Conflict

When Somali and African Union troops started gaining ground in Somalia’s civil war, fighters from al-Shabaab turned to another weapon: The water supply. Now many Somali towns and cities struggle to find enough water to survive, even when government troops appear to be winning.When Somali and African Union troops started gaining ground in Somalia’s civil war, fighters from al-Shabaab turned to another weapon: The water supply. Now many Somali towns and cities struggle to find enough water to survive, even when government troops appear to be winning.

Ras Kamboni brigade soldiers

This guy discovered that dry cleaning could prevent terrorism in Somalia

Development & Education

Mohamed Ali escaped Somalia’s civil war when he was 10. When he learned that Somali youth who don’t escape often end up wearing bomb-laden suicide vests, he decided to do something for them. Now he helps them start businesses.

Dan Eldon surrounded by Somali children.

A mother finds meaning in a Mogadishu nightmare

Arts, Culture & Media

Kathy Eldon lost her 22-year-old son during a brutal attack in Mogadishu two decades ago. In her new memoir, “In The Heart of Life,” she struggles to come to grips with every mother’s worst nightmare.

A Kenyan police officer tries to secure an area inside the Westgate Shopping Centre after a militant siege.

The urban guerrilla comes of age

Conflict & Justice

Cities are centers of culture, but they’re also increasingly home turf for militant warfare. That’s what counter-insurgency guru David Kilcullen argues in his new book Out of the Mountains: The Coming of Age of the Urban Guerrilla.

The World

Fears of Backlash in Kenya’s ‘Little Mogadishu’

Conflict & Justice

Kevin Mwanza is a reporter with Reuters. He speaks with anchor Marco Werman about the reaction of Eastleigh residents to the Westgate mall attack.