Mogadishu

Displaced women collect water in yellow plastic cans in Baidoa, Somalia.
Climate Change
‘No more food in my village’: Aid needed to avert a famine in Somalia
A Somali woman wearing a purple headscarf answers the phone in an office with American flags and East Africa map on the wall.
Migration
US-based Somali Bantu face deportation to a country they’ve never known
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
Global Politics
Is Turkey seeking a neo-Ottoman Empire?
A policeman wears a black uniform
Extremism
After most recent attack, should US negotiate with al-Shabab?
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.
Conflict & Justice
Did a US bomb kill an innocent Somali man? His family says yes.
Women in colorful robes escape from building after explosion.
Global Politics
Attacked on all sides: Somali civilians bombed by US airstrikes and targeted by al-Shabab
Members of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab surrender to authorities in the north of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Sept. 24, 2012.
Conflict & Justice
Al-Shabab kidnaps Somali children to fill its ranks. Parents pull kids from school or flee to protect them.
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.
Conflict
Minnesota’s Somali immigrants feel ‘holes’ left after deadly Mogadishu attack
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.
Conflict
Somalia bombing described as its ‘deadliest attack ever’
Somali government forces evacuate an injured colleague from the scene of an explosion at Kilometer 4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia, on Oct. 14, 2017.
Conflict
A big truck bomb strikes outside a hotel in Somalia’s capital
A young Somali woman fixes a car; a rare profession for women in Somalia
Development
Meet the woman who may be Somalia’s only female auto mechanic
soldier in mogadishu
Conflict
Inside America’s shadow war against al-Shabab
Mogadishu
Conflict
After deadly attack on ‘two beautiful restaurants’ in Mogadishu, there’s ‘complete destruction’
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
Somali refugees run from the dust at Dadaab's Ifo camp, Jan. 8, 2007.
Conflict
These young Somalis refuse to go ‘home’ when Kenya closes the world’s largest refugee camp
Somali refugees
Media
Three Somali journalists on Lesbos hope for the best — asylum in Europe
Somali policemen and miltary gather near the scene of a suicide bombing near the African Union's main peacekeeping base in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 26, 2016.
Conflict
When a suicide bomber destroyed my home
A woman places carnations at the scene of a suicide bombing at Istiklal Street, a major shopping and tourist district, in central Istanbul, Turkey.
Conflict
By the numbers: The terror attacks we paid attention to
Lido beach after an attack on a hotel, in Mogadishu.
Conflict
Fighting a terror attack with photographs of joy
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
Culture
One woman challenges perceptions of Somalia one Instagram post at a time
Abdi Nor Iftin in Maine, where he settled after finally gaining a green card through the US' Diversity Visa Program.
Justice
‘Winning’ the green card lottery is only the start of a harrowing journey
Somali troops march against Al Shabaab
Conflict
Al-Shabaab’s ‘water terrorism’ is yielding results and tragedy in Somalia’s civil war
Ras Kamboni brigade soldiers
Development & Education
This guy discovered that dry cleaning could prevent terrorism in Somalia
Dan Eldon surrounded by Somali children.
Arts, Culture & Media
A mother finds meaning in a Mogadishu 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.
Conflict & Justice
A Somali imam declares war on al-Shabab, in Somalia and at his mosque in Minnesota
Conflict & Justice
Fears of Backlash in Kenya’s ‘Little Mogadishu’
Conflict & Justice
Combating Rape in Somalia: Women at a Crossroads
Conflict & Justice
Mogadishu Camps For Displaced People Still Packed
Conflict & Justice
Somali Family and Friends Cheer On Olympic Champion Mo Farah
Lifestyle & Belief
Mogadishu Approaches a ‘Tipping Point’
Global Politics
Suicide Attack at Somalia’s National Theatre Seen as Setback to Civil Society
Conflict & Justice
Somalia: Providing Humanitarian Aid on al-Shabab’s Turf
Somali-American Man is Alleged Suicide Attacker
Lifestyle & Belief
An Author’s Quest to Understand the Mind of Terrorists
Global Politics
Somali Author Examines Teen Islamist Fighters
Conflict & Justice
Amid famine, Somali government regains control of capital
Environment
Famine Victims Crowd Somali Capital
Environment
Somalia famine made worse by militants blocking aid
Global Politics
Somalia: The World’s Worst Famine in a Generation
Business, Economics and Jobs
Rape Hotline Reaches out to Women in Somalia
Lifestyle & Belief
Somalian town falls to Islamist militia in ongoing struggles
Lifestyle & Belief
Geo answer
Conflict & Justice
Humanitarian crisis in Mogadishu
Global Hit
Global Hit – Saba