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A large audience is gathered in a multi-tiered conference hall with a speaker addressing them from a stage with the 'msc' logo displayed prominently.
Munich Security Conference kicks off amid strained transatlantic ties
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Kenya to reopen border with Somalia
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An indoor market hall with American and Somali flags hanging from the ceiling. There's a banner for "Queen M&M Beauty Salon & Makeup Artist" featuring various hairstyle images. Mannequins dressed in traditional clothing and people are sitting at a table in the foreground.
Conflict & Justice
Somali community remains on edge in the Twin Cities amid ICE raids
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Somali community in Minnesota on edge amid ICE raids
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A group of five people in business attire are having a discussion in an office with maroon walls and a framed painting. One person in the background is taking a photo with a smartphone.
Greenland’s prime minister says the territory is ‘not for sale’
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A chilling new reality for Somali Americans in the US
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A woman and child sit against a wall painted with the flag of Somaliland, which features horizontal stripes of green, white, and red, with a green star in the center.
Global Politics
Israel becomes the first nation to recognize Somaliland. Here’s why it’s important.
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Israeli foreign minister visits Somaliland after first-ever recognition of the area as a country
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In China, the future of transportation is here
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Somalis in Mogadishu are none too happy about how their brethren in US are portrayed
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Al-Shabab attacks hotel during a security meeting
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US moves to cancel more than $1 billion in Somali debt
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Somalis find marriage online
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Hezbollah leader addresses deadly attacks in Lebanon
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Somali refugee from Maine running for Jubaland president
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Far-right party wins state election in Germany
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Power dynamics in flux between Egypt, Somalia and Ethiopia
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Climate change is increasing the threat of malaria, but one researcher is on the case
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Music as a refuge
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From unemployed immigrant to rap star
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Shukri Abasheikh, owner of Mogadishu Store, helps customer Gracia Mbula with a purchase in her store in Lewiston, Maine, on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.
Violence
Lewiston mass shooting rattles local Somalis who came to Maine looking for safety 
After migrants arrive in Capurgana's harbor, they are loaded on tuk-tuks and taken to the shelter on the edge of town.
Migration
Migration across Darién Gap changes Colombian village’s economy
A camp for internally displaced people in Baidoa, Somalia.
Displacement
‘Double the suffering’: Between drought and insecurity in Somalia 
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
Khadija Mohamed al-Makhzoumi is Somalia's first environment and climate change minister.
Climate Change
Somalia’s first environment minister aims to alleviate suffering from climate disasters
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
Military
US redeployment of troops to Somalia raises questions about ‘strategic endgame’
Woman carry jerry cans filled with water at Kuresyon village in Galkayo, Somalia.
Climate Change
Drought, high temps in Somalia are pushing people to move to other towns
More than 600,000 people have become displaced due to the ongoing drought in Somalia. Many end up at camps like this one in Luuq, Somalia, March 21, 2022.
Climate Change
Fears of famine grow amid worst drought in Somalia in decades
Rows of fresh Wau Eats samosas waiting to be packed and delivered to eager customers, Nairobi, Kenya
Food
Apple pie samosas for Thanksgiving? In East Africa, these fried treats are a hit.
Rumbila Abdullahi and her husband, Ibrahim Abdi, hold their newborn son, Nabeel, outside their home in Springfield, Massachusetts.
On Course
This refugee’s academic success in the US comes with plenty of complications — and joy
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are shown standing opposite each other with the US and NATO flags in the background.
Top of The World
US to coordinate with NATO on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, a no-trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. As Donald Trump’s presidency winds down, his administration is throttling up the pace of federal executions despite a surge of CO
Human rights
Executions under Trump administration buck global trend away from death penalty
A US Marine (center) talks with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers during a training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 5, 2017.
Military
Military experts say a US troop withdrawal complicates conditions on the ground
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
US President Donald Trump is shown sitting at a wooden table next to then Defense Secretary James Mattis with the US flag behind them.
Top of The World
Mattis, Obama speak out; The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown; Arctic oil spill
Internally displaced girls in Somalia queue before at a school beside an IDP camp in Dollow, Somalia, April 4, 2017.
COVID-19
Despite recent historic gains in ending FGM, Somalia sees dramatic increase
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 woman and children in headscarves sit on the ground in front of tents
Conflict & Justice
US military must recognize civilian deaths in Somali drone strikes, says Amnesty International
A man at a podium with groups of seated people around him
Global Politics
Is Turkey seeking a neo-Ottoman Empire?
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Baghdadi’s death is a huge blow to ISIS, but history suggests it won’t guarantee a safer world
A policeman wears a black uniform
Extremism
After most recent attack, should US negotiate with al-Shabab?
A woman poses for a photo
Obituary
Journalist who ‘shined light’ on Somalia dies in terrorist attack
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.
Somali man wears blue shirt and brown wrap with cream cap and holds a cane.
Conflict & Justice
Somali torture victim will face his abuser after 31 years — in US court
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
“I Felt the System Was Raping Me All Over Again”: Senator McSally Reveals Sexual Assault in the Military
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Shamso Ahmed smiles with red lipstick and a white hijab
Massachusetts gets its first hair salon that’s exclusively for women who wear hijab
Conflict
The group behind Nairobi’s recent terror attack recruits young people from many faiths. Officials can’t stop it.
Car ablaze near hotel rocked by terrorist attack.
Global Politics
Al-Shabab claims lethal attack on hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya
Woman sits on sofa, smiles for camera
Politics
‘In love with democracy,’ Ilhan Omar draws diverse supporters in bid for Congress
A customer receives US notes from a teller at the Dahabshill money transfer office in Mogadishu, Somalia, Feb. 16, 2015.
Technology
Mobile money transfers have taken off in Somalia, but it’s a risky business
Burlington, Vermont based African group A2VT
Global Hit
This Afropop band’s founders are both refugees from Africa, but they met on a Vermont soccer field
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.
Arts, Culture & Media
K’naan
A Somali government soldier evacuates an injured man from the scene of an explosion.
Conflict
Somalis face ‘slave ship conditions’ on failed deportation flight
Amal Hussein and Hamdi Mohamed work on poems together.
Arts
‘For My Ayeeyo’: Two young women learn Somali poetry from a distance
A 1923 Ku Klux Klan parade in Albany is pictured
Conflict
In the shadow of a racist past, Portland still struggles to be welcoming to all its residents
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford is stands at a podium during a press conference.
Conflict
Pentagon looks at stepping up its role in Africa to counter ISIS
A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect during Flintlock 2014, a US-led international training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, March 4, 2014.
Conflict
Niger raid highlights US military’s growing role in Africa
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