Conflict & Justice
PRI's The World
October 03, 2013
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.
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Arts, Culture & Media
How a childhood in Somalia helped one guy co-star with Tom Hanks in 'Captain Phillips'
PRI's The World
October 11, 2013
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.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home
PRI's The World
March 10, 2015
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.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Guilty verdict in Minnesota ISIS trial splinters Somali community
PRI's The World
May 10, 2016
Updated
Minneapolis friends stood trial for charges that included conspiracy to provide support to ISIS and commit murder abroad.
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Conflict & Justice
How does a boy from a seaside town in Norway end up a terrorist in Kenya?
PRI's The World
October 24, 2013
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.
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Development & Education
How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid
PRI's The World
April 21, 2017
It began with a video of Liban Adam drinking a giant bowl of camel’s milk and ended in a one-month $80,000 fundraiser.
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Conflict & Justice
How the extremist group al-Shabab looks for recruits
PRI's The World
September 24, 2013
A BBC filmmaker doing a documentary on the extremist group al-Shabab got a rare glimpse into its recruiting tactics
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Conflict & Justice
The urban guerrilla comes of age
PRI's The World
October 03, 2013
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.
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Conflict & Justice
Toxic! Britney Spears used as a weapon against Somali pirates
PRI's The World
October 29, 2013
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.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Three Somali journalists on Lesbos hope for the best — asylum in Europe
PRI's The World
December 06, 2016
Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis make up the majority of the refugee population stuck on Lesbos and other Greek islands. So the Africans there to seek asylum are often overlooked.
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Arts, Culture & Media
For Somali immigrants, the generational divide plays out through music
PRI's The World
February 06, 2017
Memories of their country are sometimes triggered by songs. And the memories they bring up can be bittersweet, or sometimes just bitter.