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A camp for internally displaced people in Baidoa, Somalia.

‘Double the suffering’: Between drought and insecurity in Somalia 

Displacement

Somalis find themselves caught between twin crises: the worst drought to hit the region in more than 40 years, and ongoing insecurity caused by terrorism.

In this image made from video, Rwandan policemen patrol near the Amarula Palma hotel in Palma, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021.

20 years after 9/11, global terror threats persist in Africa

A Somali woman wearing a purple headscarf answers the phone in an office with American flags and East Africa map on the wall.

US-based Somali Bantu face deportation to a country they’ve never known

Migration
Large green tank with Arabic script logo.

How stolen weapons keep groups like Boko Haram in business

Conflict & Justice

The group behind Nairobi’s recent terror attack recruits young people from many faiths. Officials can’t stop it.

Conflict
Car ablaze near hotel rocked by terrorist attack.

Al-Shabab claims lethal attack on hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya

Global Politics

Gunmen blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, sending workers fleeing for their lives. Kenya has often been targeted by al-Shabaab, who killed dozens of people in a shopping center in 2013 and nearly 150 students at a university in 2015.

A Somali soldier patrols a street following a suicide car bomb and gun attack.

The death of a Navy SEAL reveals US mission creep in Somalia

Books

A longtime Africa correspondent looks behind the headlines in Somalia and talks about his new memoir.

United States commits ground soldiers to battle militia in Uganda

The U.S. deployed about 300 special forces soldiers to Uganda to help battle the Lord’s Resistance Army. Could it be a new beachhead in the War on Terror?

Wooden crosses are placed on the ground, symbolising the 147 people killed during an attack by gunmen at the Garissa University College.

Kenyans take to the streets and social media to honor the victims of last week’s attack

Conflict

To many Kenyans, the students killed in a massacre on a college campus last week were their country’s best and brightest. On the last day of the official period of mourning, Kenyans gathered in Nairobi to honor the victims and ensure they are not forgotten.

A Kenyan security officer searches a boy for weapons before an Easter Sunday service at a Catholic church in Garissa, Kenya, on April 5, 2015. Somali Kenyans fear a crackdown following a massacre at the Garissa Univeristy by Somali militants.

Somalis in Kenya brace for a backlash

Conflict

Somalis living in neighboring Kenya are bracing for the worst after the massacre at Garissa University carried out by al-Shabab. One Somali Kenyan says that while nothing has happened yet, history suggests that Somalis will be targeted by police and Kenyan citizens alike.