Somali people

Wooden crosses are placed on the ground, symbolising the 147 people killed during an attack by gunmen at the Garissa University College.

Kenyans take to the streets and social media to honor the victims of last week’s attack

Conflict

To many Kenyans, the students killed in a massacre on a college campus last week were their country’s best and brightest. On the last day of the official period of mourning, Kenyans gathered in Nairobi to honor the victims and ensure they are not forgotten.

A Kenyan security officer searches a boy for weapons before an Easter Sunday service at a Catholic church in Garissa, Kenya, on April 5, 2015. Somali Kenyans fear a crackdown following a massacre at the Garissa Univeristy by Somali militants.

Somalis in Kenya brace for a backlash

Conflict
Mohammed Ahamed waits at a money-transfer business in Minneapolis to send money to his ex-wife in Somalia. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country.

Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home

Economics
Abdi Nor Iftin in Maine, where he settled after finally gaining a green card through the US' Diversity Visa Program.

‘Winning’ the green card lottery is only the start of a harrowing journey

Justice
Fishing Without Nets pirate

Fishing Without Nets tells the part of the Somali pirate story left out of Captain Phillips

Media
A relative of a victim lights a candle during the first anniversary memorial service of the Westgate shopping mall terrorist attack in Kenya's capital Nairobi on September 21, 2014.

Kenya considers its security on the anniversary of the Westgate mall siege

Conflict

One year ago, Somali terrorists stormed an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, leading to an armed siege that lasted four days and killed 67 people. Now, at the first anniversary of the attack, Kenyans are demanding more accountability from the country’s police and army for their response.

Health workers wearing protective masks and gloves gesture as they talk at the Felix Houphouet Boigny international airport in Abidjan August 12, 2014.

Canada will send an experimental Ebola vaccine to Africa

Global Scan

The Ebola crisis in West Africa has challenged health workers and scientists, because there is no vaccine. But an experimental vaccine from Canada has been offered up to potentially help 1,000 people. But who gets it? Meanwhile, a French community south of Paris is sticking by an old and hateful name. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.The Ebola crisis in West Africa has challenged health workers and scientists, because there is no vaccine. But an experimental vaccine from Canada has been offered up to potentially help 1,000 people. But who gets it? Meanwhile, a French community south of Paris is sticking by an old and hateful name. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.

Internally displaced people Somalians gather outside their makeshift shelters in the Hodan district in southern Mogadishu to listen to proceeding of a 2012 parliamentary election.

A BBC program is reuniting Somali families torn apart by conflict

Conflict & Justice

For nearly two decades, the BBC Somali service has aired a straightforward but unusual program. It’s little more than a list of names being read over the air, but it’s become a success in helping reunite families scattered by Somalia’s civil war.For nearly two decades, the BBC Somali service has aired a straightforward but unusual program. It’s little more than a list of names being read over the air, but it’s become a success in helping reunite families scattered by Somalia’s civil war.

Sahro Hassan (center) surrounded by friends and family modeling her designs.

This Somali teen fashion designer goes big with animal print hijabs

Lifestyle & Belief

Sahro Hassan learned English by watching shows like Project Runway. Now she’s starting her own fashion line of eye-catching headscarves.Sahro Hassan learned English by watching shows like Project Runway. Now she’s starting her own fashion line of eye-catching headscarves.

Somali refugees build a future as farmers — in Maine

Many Somalis have fled their homeland in the wake of that country’s long civil war. As they’ve resettled, they’ve had a hard time finding employment. But program in Maine has tapped their native skills and is helping them get established as farmers.