Somalia

Children from southern Somalia hold their pots as they line up to receive cooked food in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Globe Trot: Did U.S. farm bill worsen Somali famine?

by Mindy Belz

International | More on the UN report on Somalia’s famine, which killed more than a quarter-million Somalis in less than two years. We all watched it unfold, made worse by militants who refused to allow aid groups to deliver…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/globe_trot_did_u_s_farm_bill_worsen_somali_famine]

Children line up in January 2012 to receive a meal at a food distribution center in Mogadishu for those displaced by the 2011 famine or war.

Hunger wars

by Jamie Dean

Somalia |  A new study shows Somalia’s recent famine killed more than a quarter-million people. Will Somali extremists continue to starve a generation of their own…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/hunger_wars]

Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia
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Mission accomplished?

by Mindy Belz

Somalia |  Defense cutbacks and victory speeches mislead Americans about growing threats

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/mission_accomplished]

COMMITTED TO ISLAM: A man from a Somali tribal clan supporting al Shabaab carries an AK-47 and the Islamist black flag with the words “There is no God but Allah and Mohamed Is the Prophet of Allah.”
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Exporting insurgency

by Mindy Belz

Somalia |  Somalia's largest terrorist group may be losing its grip within the country but is moving across borders with violence and persecution

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/12/exporting_insurgency]

Snuffed out

Snuffed out

by Jamie Dean

Somalia |  In Mogadishu, a suicide bomber takes away lives and a ray of hope for a better Somalia

[http://www.worldmag.com/2009/12/snuffed_out]

Swift justice, long haul
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Swift justice, long haul

by Priya Abraham

Somalia |  After the rout of the Islamic Courts Union, Mogadishu's transitional government must move quickly to establish law and order

[http://www.worldmag.com/2007/01/swift_justice_long_haul]

Mogadishu moment
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Mogadishu moment

by Priya Abraham

Somalia |  With an Islamic regime controlling the capital, Somalia becomes an American headache again

[http://www.worldmag.com/2006/06/mogadishu_moment]

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