Oct 16 Watch 5:03 News Wrap: Taliban attacks kill dozens of police in Afghanistan In our news wrap Tuesday, a U.S.-led military strike in Somalia killed at least 60 members of al-Shabab, a militant organization seeking to establish an extremist Islamic state in the country. Also, in Afghanistan, officials say dozens of police officers… Continue watching
Oct 16 U.S. airstrike in Somalia kills about 60 al-Shabab extremist fighters By Abdi Guled, Cara Anna, Associated Press The U.S. military on Tuesday announced its deadliest airstrike against the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia in nearly a year, killing about 60 fighters. The U.S. military has carried out more than two dozen airstrikes this year against the al-Qaida-linked… Continue reading
Jun 09 1 US soldier killed, 4 wounded in attack in Somalia By Matthew Pennington and Cara Anna, Associated Press One U.S. special operations soldier was killed and four U.S. service members wounded in an “enemy attack” Friday in Somalia. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 8:16 As climate change parches Somalia, frequent drought comes with conflict over fertile land By Jane Ferguson, Alessandro Pavone Desert sand is slowly taking over Somalia. Just six years after the last major drought emergency, the rains have failed again -- a devastating trend in a country where around 80 percent of people make their living on the land. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 10:23 Somalia sees enemy al-Shabab weaken under U.S. military pressure By Jane Ferguson After years of civil war and upheaval, Somalia is struggling to its feet, and the U.S. is back in with boots on the ground and drones in the skies. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson and videographer Alessandro Pavone report on the… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 25:47 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 10, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 10, a conflict in the skies over Syria and Israel, and an effort to monitor political ads on Facebook through crowdsourcing. Later, pirates are returning to their old fishing jobs in Somalia. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 8:37 Can Somalia's fishing industry keep pirates out of business? By PBS News Hour From 2010 to 2012, pirates ruled Somali waters, costing commercial ships billions of dollars in ransoms. Over the last few years, increased naval patrolling and security improved the situation drastically and many former pirates turned to fishing to earn an… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 2:02 News Wrap: U.S. airstrike targets al-Shabab militants, explosives By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. military says an airstrike killed four al-Shabab militants near Somalia’s capital. Also, the deep freeze that has gripped half the country set records from Arkansas to Maine. The town of Watertown, New York,… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch 4:09 News Wrap: Suicide bomber blasts Nigerian mosque By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, at least 50 are dead after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Nigeria. Also, the U.S. military said it killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants in a recent airstrike in Somalia… Continue watching
Oct 29 Somali forces end hotel siege after deadly blast By Michael D. Regan Somali forces took control of a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, following a 12-hour standoff with five assailants who entered the building after a truck bomb killed at least 23 people nearby. Continue reading