Ugaaso Boocow wanted to correct perceptions of Somalia. But instead of taking to the streets or the airwaves, she took to Instagram and is primed to be a star.
Top of the Hour: Taliban Attacks US Embassy in Kabul, Morning Headlines
The Taliban is taking responsibility for an attack near the U.S. embassy in Kabul this morning. The Taliban’s website is currently running a statement saying “Operation Martyrdom” has begun.
A Somali American’s journey to the US and back to his home country comes full circle
This newly elected president of Somalia was the subject of our 2011 Geo Quiz. In this interview, he was back in Buffalo working as a civil servant after a stint in his home country as a prime minister.
Amid famine, Somali government regains control of capital
In Somalia, there are renewed hopes that victims of the country’s famine may at last receive much needed aid. Over the weekend African peacekeepers forced Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamist rebels out of the capital, Mogadishu.
Taliban Claims Responsibility for Attack on Afghanistan Defense Ministry
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on Afghanistan’s heavily fortified Defense Ministry, which killed two and wounded seven others. Ray Rivera, foreign correspondent for The New York Times reports from Kabul.
A senior Taliban commander has been secretly released early from jail in Kabul. Akbar Agha had been sentenced to sixteen years in jail in 2004 for kidnapping three United Nations workers but received a presidential pardon for unknown reasons.
