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Britain's Commitment to Somalia's Future

Sir Peter Westmacott | Posted 05.07.2013 | World
Sir Peter Westmacott

When Foreign Secretary William Hague raised the Union Flag over the new offices on April 25, the UK became the first EU country to return to the Somali capital since the ruinous civil war that began in the early 1990s.

Car Bomber Kills At Least 7 In Somali Capital

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 05.06.2013 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military conv...

Somalia Launching New Five-In-One Child Vaccines

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 04.25.2013 | Impact

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two dozen babies sat on the laps of their mothers, who dressed in a rainbow of headscarves at the Medina Maternal Child Hea...

Attack On Somali Supreme Court Kills At Least 16

AP | ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 04.15.2013 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A barrage of bullets and two car bomb blasts rattled Mogadishu on Sunday when nine al-Shabab Islamic extremists stormed Som...

Somalia's Shocking Response to a Rape Report

Fartuun Abdisalaan Adan | Posted 04.24.2013 | World
Fartuun Abdisalaan Adan

A 27-year-old woman in Mogadishu who reported that government security forces raped her was convicted on criminal charges this month, along with a journalist who interviewed her. Her term will start when she finishes breastfeeding her baby.

U.S. Still 'Committed' To Helping Somalia, Gives $20 Million

AP | By ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 04.23.2013 | Impact

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Signaling the latest step forward in rapidly strengthening U.S.-Somalia relations, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for Inte...

Go After the Rapists in Somalia, Not Their Victims

Zainab Hawa Bangura | Posted 04.08.2013 | Impact
Zainab Hawa Bangura

Today the eyes of the world are upon Somalia. The Government of Somalia has expressed its commitment to fighting sexual violence in all its forms; now is the time to turn these pledges into action.

Somali Court Sentences Alleged Rape Victim To Prison

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 04.07.2013 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Mogadishu court on Tuesday handed down one-year prison sentences to a woman who said she was raped by security forces and...

Somalia Charges Woman Who Accused Soldiers Of Rape

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 04.02.2013 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Somali government has charged a woman who has said she was raped by security forces, according to an international hum...

Bombing Inside Presidential Compound In Somalia Kills 2

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 03.30.2013 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bomber Tuesday detonated explosives outside the prime minister's home in Somalia's presidential palace compound, ...

World's Most Dangerous City? Not Mogadishu

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 08.13.2012 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous City. The seaside Somali capita...

Mogadishu Offers Gourmet Seaside Dining Somalia Style

AP | By ABDI GULED | Posted 08.04.2012 | Travel

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Beachfront dining, fresh lobster, and a European clientele: Somalia's restaurant scene is quickly changing for the better. Soma...

Turkish Airlines Landmark Flight

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 05.06.2012 | Travel

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Turkish Airlines started flying into Somalia's war-torn capital Tuesday, becoming the first international company to fly pa...

Nursing Southern Somalia Through Civil War And Famine

Tommy Standun | Posted 04.30.2012 | Impact
Tommy Standun

Many organizations have been driven from the country by insecurity, and the provision of supplies is severely restricted as roads are often closed by various militia and military forces. But there is hope as Somali citizens provide assistance to their own.

Hopkins, MN: A Journey From Mogadishu

hopkins.patch.com | Posted 02.23.2012 | Business

"The hurdle was hard, but what made it easier was we did it together."...

Life in America: A 'WIN' for Women Guiding Women

Sabrina Hersi Issa | Posted 04.22.2012 | Impact
Sabrina Hersi Issa

My family is from Somalia and came to the United States through political asylum. I'm a proud first-generation American woman, and I grew up constantly reminded of my fortune to be born in the United States -- and the unyielding opportunity to build your own destiny here.

Fearing Imminent Attack, Desperate Refugees Flee To Capital

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 04.17.2012 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Thousands of Somalis on Thursday fled an insurgent-held town for the capital, fearing a military attack by African Union tr...

Car Bomb Kills 8, Wounds 2 MP's In Somalian Capital

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 04.09.2012 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A car bomb killed eight people and wounded two members of parliament in Somalia's capital Wednesday, officials said, in an ...

Al Qaeda Official Reportedly Killed In U.S. Drone Strike

AP | By ABDI GULED and KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 01.22.2012 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A U.S. drone strike killed an al-Qaida official of Lebanese origin fighting alongside insurgents in Somalia, officials said. Th...

Foreign Doctors Without Borders Workers Die In Somalia Attack

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 02.29.2012 | World

NAIROBI, Kenya — A second foreigner working with Doctors Without Borders died of his wounds in an attack in Somalia that also killed the group's...

The Somali Famine, Despair and Resilience

Sadia Ali Aden | Posted 02.12.2012 | World
Sadia Ali Aden

As the plane started to lose altitude and the images on the ground began to form into shape, I was stirred with nostalgic feeling triggered by the familiar soil and landscape.

Bwana Uncle Sam

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.31.2011 | World
Eric Margolis

Having finished off former ally Muammar Gaddafi, the Pentagon, its new Africa Command, and CIA are now focusing on East Africa. In fact, Africa is hot.

Somalia Suicide Bombing Kills At Least 4

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 12.18.2011 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide car bomb exploded near Somalia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, killing at least four people even as Somali and Ken...

Heavy Fighting Between Militants And Government Troops In Somalia

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 12.10.2011 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The African Union force in Mogadishu said its forces on Monday fought their way into and took over the last militant strong...

Truck Bomb Blast Kills Dozens

AP | By ABDI GULED | Posted 12.04.2011 | World

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb Tuesday in front of the education ministry in Somalia's capital as students and parent...