List of Somalia articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Exclusive: U.S. Operates Drones From Secret Bases in Somalia
Two decades after “Black Hawk Down,” U.S. special operations forces are back in East Africa’s most troubled nation. FP provides a rare window into their shadowy operations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Money Keeps Moving Toward Somalia, Sometimes In Suitcases
Some financial companies in the U.S. resort to carrying cash on airplanes to keep remittances flowing to needy Somalis.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Somalia is Too Dangerous for Kerry to Even Leave the Airport
Secretary of State John Kerry made a historic trip to Somalia, but Mogadishu is so dangerous he was confined to the airport.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Military Operations From Somalia to Saudi Arabia, Hope Is a 4-Letter Word
The Saudi military intervention in Yemen shares a name with the failed U.S. mission to Somalia.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kenya’s 9/11
Nairobi’s widespread crackdown after the Garissa university massacre sparks concern that it will cause even more suffering.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Little Mogadishu, Under Siege
In the wake of the Garissa University attack, Somali expats in one Nairobi neighborhood are caught between an increasingly indiscriminate al Shabab and a heavy-handed, brutal police force.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From Westgate to Garissa, al-Shabab’s Murderous Wave
The Somalia-based terrorist group's attacks in Kenya are ramping up in frequency -- and show no signs of letting up soon.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Al-Shabab Crosses the Rubicon
With its horrific attack on a Kenyan university, the Somali militant group has given up all pretense of governing — and has joined the depths of global jihadi depravity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Transfer Denied: The Hidden Costs of Washington’s War Against al-Shabab
Somali-Americans worry that U.S. efforts to cut the money stream to the African terrorist group could lead to mass starvation back home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Al-Shabab Threat Against Mall of America Could Be a Call to Action
Al-Shabab might lack the operational capability to attack the Mall of America. But the threat could be a call to arms to Minnesota's Somali-American population.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 State Department Not Alarmed by Shutdown of Money Flow to Somalia
State Department spokeswoman downplays role of remittances in Somali economy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Special Ops Staying Put in the Horn – For Now
No Pullout, Spokesmen Say, Despite General's Comments
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.N. Envoy to Somalia Warns Against Cutting Off Remittances
Money sent home by family members abroad is the “lifeblood” of the African country’s economy, but it’s getting harder to get the money over there.
