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Somalia: Ethiopian Army Attacks 3 Towns in Border Region of Somalia

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.OGADISHU, Somalia -- Ethiopian troops, tanks and helicopter gunships have crossed the border into western Somalia and attacked three...

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Somalia: Radio Stations With No Music May Be Shut in Somalia

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy MOHAMMED IBRAHIM Published: April 18, 2010 MOGADISHU, Somalia - Radio stations in the capital of this near-anarchical country, still scrambling to comply...

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Somalia: Somalia: Pirates Abandon Town as Insurgents Approach

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy MOHAMMED IBRAHIM Published: April 26, 2010 Pirates based in the notorious pirate town of Xarardheere evacuated after Islamist insurgents took over a nearby...

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Somalia: Children Carry Guns for a U.S. Ally, Somalia

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: June 13, 2010 MOGADISHU, Somalia - Awil Salah Osman prowls the streets of this shattered city, looking like so many other boys,...

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Somalia: Somali Town Embodies Enduring Sense of Loss

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: September 15, 2010 WISIL, Somalia - The wind howls here, lifting off the desert, roaring into town, gathering force as it...

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Somalia: Somali Militias Clash, Undermining New Strategy

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and MOHAMMED IBRAHIMPublished: October 15, 2010NAIROBI, Kenya - Fighting broke out in central Somalia on Friday between two moderate...

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Kenya: Somalia's Wars Swell a Refugee Camp in Kenya

Source: The New York TimesCountry: Kenya, SomaliaBy JOSH KRON Published: November 11, 2010 DADAAB, Kenya - When Abdullahi Salat came here as a young boy in 1991, fleeing civil war in his homeland,...

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Somalia: Off Media Radar, Famine Garners Few Donations

Source: The New York TimesCountry: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, SomaliaBy STEPHANIE STROM Published: August 1, 2011For better or worse, relief organizations often chalk up their biggest fund raising...

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World: For Refugees, the Price of Dignity

Source: The New York TimesCountry: Iraq, Kenya, Somalia, WorldBy TINA ROSENBERGSomalia is now suffering its worst drought in 60 years. A quarter of the population has fled famine and conflict, heading...

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Somalia: Famine Ravages Somalia in a World Less Likely to Intervene

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: September 15, 2011DOLO, Somalia — Is the world about to watch 750,000 Somalis starve to death? The United Nations’ warnings...

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Somalia: Al Qaeda Tries a New Tactic in Somalia: Philanthropy

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy JEFFREY GETTLEMANNAIROBI, Kenya — Al Qaeda is not known for its philanthropic activities, but this weekend in Somalia the terrorist group appears to have...

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Somalia: Somalia’s Agony Tests Limits of Aid

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy JEFFREY GETTLEMANBENADIR HOSPITAL is a chunky block of a building in downtown Mogadishu, built in the 1970s by the Chinese. It has cracked windows, ceiling...

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Somalia: For Somali Women, Pain of Being a Spoil of War

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy JEFFREY GETTLEMANMOGADISHU, Somalia — The girl’s voice dropped to a hush as she remembered the bright, sunny afternoon when she stepped out of her hut and...

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Somalia: Somali and African Troops Hit Rebel Posts in Mogadishu

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy MOHAMMED IBRAHIMMOGADISHU, Somalia — Government and African Union forces began a heavy offensive early on Friday against insurgent strongholds on the...

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Somalia: A Taste of Hope in Somalia’s Battered Capital

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaMOGADISHU, Somalia — Up until a few weeks ago, all visitors who landed at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu were handed a poorly copied, barely...

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory...

Source: The New York TimesCountry: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, UgandaGARAMBA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo — In 30 years of fighting poachers,...

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Somalia: Somalis Face a Snag in Lifelines From Abroad

Source: The New York TimesCountry: SomaliaBy NICHOLAS KULISHNAIROBI, Kenya — Compared with the trillions of dollars flowing through the international financial system every day, the estimated $1.3...

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Libya: Libya: Routes commonly used by refugees to reach the Libyan coast,...

Source: The New York TimesCountry: Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldACAPS Briefing Note: Libya/Mediterranean Sea, Vulnerable Migrants - 4 June 2015

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