NAIROBI, Kenya -- There were mixed signals on Wednesday about the progress of the ransom negotiations for the arms-laden Ukrainian freighter that Soma...
AP | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
GENEVA — The United Nations says fighting has killed at least 80 civilians in Somalia's capital over the last two weeks. More than 100 people ha...
Richard Spilman | Posted 10.02.2008 | Entertainment
I do understand why folks have always had a fascination with pirates but my problem with Disney and other mass marketers is that they have attempted to make pirates cute and cuddly.
AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A U.S. defense official says the military believes that three pirates were killed in a gunfight among themselves on the ship they h...
AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics
NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. helicopters on Monday buzzed a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship carrying 33 Soviet-designed tanks and other weapons that offi...
AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A U.S. destroyer off the coast of Somalia closed in Saturday on a hijacked Ukrainian ship loaded with tanks and ammunition,...
CNN | Posted 08.24.2008 | Media
Two international journalists, along with their Somali colleague and a driver, were kidnapped Saturday, a journalists' organization in Somalia said. A...
Frankie Martin | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
Somalia's crisis has elicited a collective yawn of indifference. Just mentioning the country's name is enough to cause even the most dedicated diplomat or aid worker to throw up their hands in desperation.
Russ Wellen | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
Those who belittle McClellan for being a day late and a dollar short are missing the point. However faint his whistle, that he blew it at all showed growth on the part of a man trained as a parrot.
John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics
The parallels between Iraq and Somalia are striking. Both countries were invaded on national security grounds and invading power lacked a post-war political strategy.
New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics
The trouble started when government soldiers went to the market and, at gunpoint, began to help themselves to sacks of grain last week. Islamist insu...
Marianne Williamson | Posted 11.22.2007 | Living
While Americans are celebrating the holidays in a land of plenty, we're reminded of those who live in places where food they need merely to survive is unavailable to them.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics
Republicans are saying that cutting off funding for our troops is never acceptable. That's the obvious lie that must be exposed.
Robert Naiman | Posted 10.01.2007 | Politics
This week, a vote is expected in the House on H.R. 2003, the "Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act," introduced by Rep. Donald Payne. If you thin...
NY Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics