Jul 12 From Somalia to Spain: See how youth unemployment compares across the globe By Daniel Costa-Roberts View an interactive map of youth unemployment around the world to see how countries compare. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 6:49 Refusing to pay ransom won't stop kidnapping, says former hostage By PBS News Hour The White House cleared the path for the families of hostages to be able to pay ransom, and offered other changes for how the government handles hostage cases. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner gets reaction from Michael Scott Moore,… Continue watching
May 08 New push to give Pentagon the lead on drone strikes By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The deaths of an Italian and an American in a covert CIA drone strike in Pakistan — and the rhetorical contortions required of the president when he informed the world — have breathed new urgency into a long-stalled… Continue reading
May 05 Kerry visits Somalia, a first for a secretary of state By Bradley Klapper, Andrew Harnik, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia — Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced trip to Somalia Tuesday in a show of solidarity with a government trying to defeat al-Qaida-allied militants and end decades of war in the African country. He is the… Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 3:17 News Wrap: Kenya launches more airstrikes on al-Shabab militants after university attack By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Kenya’s military launched airstrikes on al-Shabab camps in Somalia for a second day. Meanwhile, Muslim political leaders in Kenya denounced the militant group. Also, about 1,800 people were trapped by Islamic State forces in a… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 4:21 Why al-Shabab is trying to inspire Muslim backlash against Kenya By PBS News Hour Al-Shabab, a Somali-based terror group, claimed responsibility for today’s siege on a Kenyan university. The militants began cross-border strikes after Kenya sent its military into Somalia four years ago. Gwen Ifill talks to Kenneth Menkhaus of Davidson College about the… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 2:08 Kenyan security forces end al-Shabab siege that killed 147 By PBS News Hour Gunmen stormed Garissa University College in Kenya at dawn, firing at random and killing a total of 147. Survivors said Christians were targeted, some taken as hostages and others murdered on the spot. The day-long siege finally ended when security… Continue watching
Feb 25 Obama selects first U.S. ambassador to Somalia since 1991 By Larisa Epatko President Obama has nominated Katherine Dhanani, a long-time diplomat with a specialty in African affairs, to be the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia since 1991. Continue reading
Dec 04 France ordered to compensate Somali pirates By Ayan Sheikh The European Court of Human Rights ordered France to compensate nine Somali pirates accused of carrying out attacks on French ships in 2008, citing judicial delays. Continue reading
Oct 01 Obama administration eases policy on preventing civilian casualties in Iraq, Syria By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced in May 2013 that no lethal strike against a terrorist would be authorized without "near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured." But amid unconfirmed reports of civilian casualties, the White House said… Continue reading