somalia

A woman holds her hand over her face and clutches the arm of a man next to her as they walk through the destroyed shopping district in Mogadishu.

Minnesota's Somali immigrants feel 'holes' left after deadly Mogadishu attack

One Minnesota man was in Mogadishu for a job interview. Another was about to meet members of his family. Then Somalia's deadliest terrorist attack happened.

Minnesota's Somali immigrants feel 'holes' left after deadly Mogadishu attack
Man standing on stage looking out at crowd, photographed from behind

How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid

How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid
Abdirahman Yusuf works with the Somali Development Center in Boston, which helps resettle Somali refugees.

For Somali immigrants, the generational divide plays out through music

For Somali immigrants, the generational divide plays out through music
Somali refugees run from the dust at Dadaab's Ifo camp, Jan. 8, 2007.

These young Somalis refuse to go 'home' when Kenya closes the world's largest refugee camp

These young Somalis refuse to go 'home' when Kenya closes the world's largest refugee camp
Somali refugees

Three Somali journalists on Lesbos hope for the best — asylum in Europe

Three Somali journalists on Lesbos hope for the best — asylum in Europe
Supporters of three young Somali Americans on trial for plotting to join ISIS in Syria.

Guilty verdict in Minnesota ISIS trial splinters Somali community

Minneapolis friends stood trial for charges that included conspiracy to provide support to ISIS and commit murder abroad.

Guilty verdict in Minnesota ISIS trial splinters Somali community
Mohammed Ahamed waits at a money-transfer business in Minneapolis to send money to his ex-wife in Somalia. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country.

Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home

It’s getting more complicated to send money to Somalia, and that's a big deal in places like Minnesota where some Somali Americans have been wiring cash home for decades. Somali immigrants say the move is cutting off a vital lifeline — and may actually harm the fight against terror.

Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home

Somali Love Songs: A Hip Deep Introduction

Wellesley College Historian Lidwien Kapteijns is the lead advisor on Afropop&#8217;s Hip Deep program &#8220;Reconstructing Somalia, Love Songs at the Birth of a Nation.&#8221; Here she introduces the program with a tour of her office, introducing artists, recordings, books and ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/17698/somali-love-songs-a-hip-deep-introduction/"> Read more &#187;</a>

Somali Love Songs: A Hip Deep Introduction

Web-Exclusive Podcast: More Songs of Love and War from Somalia

Banning Eyre presents songs and stories from Somalia&#8217;s fertile independence era, and up to the present. This podcast is a supplement to Afropop&#8217;s Hip Deep program &#8220;Reconstructiong Somalia, Love Songs at the Birth of a Nation.&#8221; Somali scholar and former ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/17686/web-exclusive-podcast-reconstructing-somalia/"> Read more &#187;</a>

Web-Exclusive Podcast: More Songs of Love and War from Somalia

Reconstructing Somalia: Love Songs at the Birth of a Nation

This program offers a rare musical portrait of Somalia’s formative, pre-civil war years (1960-90). In a rising mood of patriotism and hope, Somalis sought to forge a culturally authentic, but also modern, national identity. Poetry, theatrical plays, and gorgeous, lyrical ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/17636/reconstructing-somalia-love-songs-at-the-birth-of-a-nation/"> Read more &#187;</a>

Reconstructing Somalia: Love Songs at the Birth of a Nation

Toxic! Britney Spears used as a weapon against Somali pirates

If you ever plan to travel by sea off the coast of east Africa, make a note to self: Britney Spears' music seems to have a repellent effect against pirates.

Toxic! Britney Spears used as a weapon against Somali pirates
Investigators suspect this Westgate mall suspect is Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, who grew up in Norway and was born in Somalia.

How does a boy from a seaside town in Norway end up a terrorist in Kenya?

Kenyan authorities say they've identified one of the al-Shabab militants who laid siege to Nairobi's Westgate Mall last month. He's a Somali who grew up in Norway. And it seems Norwegian police knew he was a risk three years ago.

How does a boy from a seaside town in Norway end up a terrorist in Kenya?
Barkhad Abdi, a first-time actor who plays the lead pirate in "Captain Phillips."

How a childhood in Somalia helped one guy co-star with Tom Hanks in 'Captain Phillips'

You wouldn't wish anyone to have a childhood that started in war-torn Somalia. But in the real-life story of pirates who commandeered a US cargo ship and were pursued by US Navy SEALs, Barkhad Abdi says his few early years in Somalia helped him in his co-starring role.

How a childhood in Somalia helped one guy co-star with Tom Hanks in 'Captain Phillips'
A Kenyan police officer tries to secure an area inside the Westgate Shopping Centre after a militant siege.

The urban guerrilla comes of age

Cities are centers of culture, but they're also increasingly home turf for militant warfare. That's what counter-insurgency guru David Kilcullen argues in his new book Out of the Mountains: The Coming of Age of the Urban Guerrilla.

The urban guerrilla comes of age

How the extremist group al-Shabab looks for recruits

A BBC filmmaker doing a documentary on the extremist group al-Shabab got a rare glimpse into its recruiting tactics

How the extremist group al-Shabab looks for recruits