Somalia Poverty

Mogadishu: Inside The City The World Forgot

The Guardian | Ghaith Abdul | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Somalia Violence, Mogadishu Violence, Somali Pirates, Somalia Fighting, Mogadishu, Somalia, Africa, Somalia Poverty, Somalia Health Care, World News

In a rare dispatch from war-ravaged Mogadishu, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad found a city daring to hope for a break from years of violence. Then the fighting res...

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Pirates Transform Villages Into Boomtowns

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and ELIZABETH KENNEDY | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Somalia, Somali Pirates, Piracy, Pirates, Pirate, Somalia Poverty, Somalia Government, Mogadishu, Somalia Islamists, U.S. Navy, Elizabeth Kennedy, Home News

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful wome...

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Pirates Feel Misunderstood

The New York Times | Jeffrey Gettleman | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Piracy, Kenya, Islamist Regime, Islamist Government Somalia, Ukraine Piracy, Somali Pirates, Somalia Poverty, Pirate, Pirates, Gulf of Aden, Ukraine, Home News

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter loaded with tanks, artillery, grenade launchers and ammunition said in an inte...

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