Turkey has been showing unparallelled interest in Somalia, starting with a visit from Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, in August last year. Turkey has now committed more than $365m in cash and aid to the African nation. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri in Mogadishu takes a look at why ...
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Somali reporter Jamal Osman has been into the region for an exclusive meeting with the Islamists of al-Shabaab, a major party missing from the London summit.
Since the hijack of the Sirius Star on November 17 the world has focused on Somali piracy. In this report, we talk with pirates and those who live in the towns nearby, to uncover how and why they do it. 'We climbed aboard and demanded the captain stop', tells one pirate calmly. 'When we got our m...
Somalia Report video of Michael Scott Moore being held hostage by Somali kidnappers near Wisil, in Galmadug May 18, 2012 Full Story at www.somaliareport.com
In part one of a two-part series, Fault Lines goes to Mogadishu to see the impact of Somalia's famine, and asks if US policies have contributed to the disaster?
His name means "traveler" and Somali-born poet, rapper and musician K'naan has certainly come a long way. The hip-hop sensation, who's been compared by critics to both reggae hero Bob Marley and rap star Eminem, fled war-torn Somalia as a teenager to eventually settle down with his family in Cana...
THE SOMALIA BACKSTORY: Citizen TV journalists caught in Somalia crossfire.
VOA's Ndimyake Mwakalyelye reports on how Somalia's government has launched a massive demolition campaign in one of Mogadishu's main economic centers.
A Sneak preview of knaan's trip back to his homeland, and a few words of wisdom. Be Sure To get knaan's latest EP on iTunes on January 24th. :TWITER: @knaan @tdotnerd @weezzette
More of our fascinating interview with Jeffrey Gettlemen of the NYTimes.
The EU recently authorised its ships and helicopters to carry out missions to fight pirates inside Somalia. Can the new, expanded mandate end piracy or make matters worse for the African state? Guests: Yusuf Omar Al-Azhari, Will Geddes, Afyare Elmi.
After 20 years of violence, the government of Somalia is looking to rebuild the capital, Mogadishu, but to do that, they have evicted hundreds of squatters who say they have nowhere to go. Since the civil war began in 1991, nearly 50000 Somalis have found shelter in public buildings across Mogadi...
We speak with the Somali Diaspora about their experiences in exile and the situation back home.
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The Islamic militant group al-Shabaab fled the Somali city of Baidoa in late February without a fight, giving up a strategic center they captured from government forces three years ago. VOA's Peter Heinlein was among the first western journalists to visit Baidoa in years, where some residents des...
