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Somali Civil War

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.

US Army soldiers assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force—Horn of Africa, provide security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during loading and unloading operations at a

US redeployment of troops to Somalia raises questions about ‘strategic endgame’

Military
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

The group behind Nairobi’s recent terror attack recruits young people from many faiths. Officials can’t stop it.

Conflict
refugee book 1

A new book looks at life in the world’s largest refugee camp

Conflict
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.

The World

At least 64 killed in Uganda bombing

Sports

Bombers targeted World Cup fans in Kampala, Uganda, killing at least 64 and injuring one American. Reporter for the The New York Times, Josh Kron reports from Kampala.

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.

Imam Hassan Mohamud, from Somalia, speaks about the recent Nairobi terrorist attacks during an English-language service in late September at the Minnesota Da'Wah Institute.

A Somali imam declares war on al-Shabab, in Somalia and at his mosque in Minnesota

Conflict & Justice

Al-Shabab has recruited Muslim militants from the Somali community in Minnesota. One Somali imam in the Twin Cities is determined to fight the terrorist group and any talk of extremism in Islam.