They’re watching their children starve to death
Hungry and malnourished families are filling squalid camps outside the Somali capital of Mogadishu, where mothers share their stories of watching helplessly as their children die before their eyes.
VOA speaks with the captain of a boat hijacked by Somali pirates
Captain Salim Osman says pirates separated the crew three days after hijacking the boat.
It looks like piracy is making a comeback along the coast of Somalia
Gunmen hijacked two ships within a 48-hour period this week and took them to known pirate haven.
Death, drought & a mother’s anguish
VOA travels to the drought-stricken Sool region of Somaliland to meet a mother who has already lost two daughters and worries about the fate of her surviving children.
Even the camels are dying in drought-stricken Somaliland
Camels are used to desert conditions, but thousands have died this year, dealing a major blow to herders who depend on the animals for transportation, milk, meat and as pack animals.
Crippling drought kills 80% of Somaliland’s livestock
VOA speaks with herders who, having lost their animals and livelihood, despair about the future.
Interview with a pirate
One of the hijackers who seized an oil tanker off the Somali coast this week tells VOA he’s not a pirate.
Disappointment at being sent home to Somalia
For the second time since Donald Trump became president, the US has deported dozens of Somalis back to their home country.
After a decade protecting Somalia, are peacekeepers getting antsy?
African Union peacekeepers are still the main source of protection for the government, but talk of sending those forces home could leave Somalia to deal with the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab.