A visit to Somalia's crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war

Somalia is one of the world’s poorest countries and it faces a crisis of health care made worse by the Trump administration's ...
Time

Dispatch from Somalia: War, but a Glimmer of Hope

We drive west out of Mogadishu, Somalia, in a convoy of three African Union armored personnel carriers, mounted with three heavy machine guns. No building seems untouched by bullet holes; many have ...
The Manhattan Mercury

In Somalia, a shaky front line barely holds back the 'dogs of war'

The helicopter pilot is worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia's Al-Shabaab ...
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How I silenced the ghosts of Somalia war

KDF spokesman Joseph Owuoth during a press conference at Defence Forces Headquarters in Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo,Standard] Just as one never forgets their first love, a soldier never forgets their ...
NPR

Journalist Lynsey Addario discusses her documentary 'Love+War'

The documentary "Love+War" follows photojournalist Lynsey Addario as she captures war across the world. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Addario about the balance between her work and life. Lynsey ...

European Union and Indian navies take over ship used by pirates off Somalia to seize tanker

The European Union and Indian navies have taken over a ship used by pirates off the coast of Somalia to seize a Malta-flagged ...
Reuters

Somalia fights to standardise schools with first new curriculum since civil war began

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Every school day, Shuayb Muhidin travels Mogadishu's battle-scarred streets to get to Banadir Zone School. For years, the government has battled Islamist insurgents but now ...
The New York Times

The Coming War Nobody Is Talking About

Dr. Elmi is a professor at the City University of Mogadishu, where Mr. Hassan is a fellow. They wrote from Mogadishu, Somalia. Trouble has horns to hold but not tails. This Somali proverb, suggesting ...