Oct 31 U.N. Refugee Chief: ‘Terrible’ to Know Somalis Are Dying Out of Reach By Larisa Epatko The humanitarian crisis in Somalia continues to deepen by the day. A recent spate of kidnappings of relief workers is preventing aid from reaching those most in need, and now troops from neighboring Kenya have entered Somalia to try to… Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch Somalis ‘Shocked’ at Scale of Deadly al-Shabab Attack in Mogadishu Al-Shabab took responsibility for a truck bomb that rammed a checkpoint Tuesday near the education ministry in Mogadishu, Somalia, as students and parents were crowding in to learn about scholarships. Ray Suarez discusses that attack that killed at least 70… Continue watching
Oct 21 Somalia Battles Militancy in Shape of Al-Shabab By Larisa Epatko The militant Islamist group known as al-Shabab is deepening control over much of south and central Somalia and parts of the country's capital Mogadishu, posing threats to the U.S.-backed government in Somalia and the United States itself. Continue reading
Jul 08 Somali Government Urged to End Use of Child Soldiers By Larisa Epatko A report from Somalia's capital Mogadishu describes how children, as young as 9, are carrying assault rifles and operating checkpoints for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. Continue reading
Jul 07 Slide Show: Somalia’s Battle Scars By Larisa Epatko Somalia has suffered from nearly two decades of civil war, piracy and now fighting between government forces and an Islamist rebel group called al-Shabab. Continue reading
Jan 05 U.N. Aid Group Halts Work in Southern Somalia By Larisa Epatko The U.N. World Food Program announced Tuesday that it is suspending its work in portions of southern Somalia because of threats to its staff and "unacceptable demands" by armed groups. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch U.S. Charges 8 With Aiding Somali War Recruiting Federal prosecutors in Minnesota on Monday announced charges against eight more people in an ongoing investigation into young Somali-Americans leaving the United States to fight with a terror group in Somalia. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Somali Instability Poses Challenge for Anti-Terror Efforts Secretary of State Clinton spent the second day of her African tour expressing support for the fragile transitional government in Somalia. Margaret Warner reports on the visit, and the risks posed by the Somali government's struggles to combat extremist groups… Continue watching
May 01 U.S. Airstrikes Kill al-Qaida Leader in Somalia By Admin, PBS News Hour U.S. war planes killed the suspected head of al-Qaida in Somalia and as many as 30 other people Thursday in an overnight airstrike, a U.S. defense official said. The head of the Islamic insurgent group confirmed the attack killed its… Continue reading