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Goats and Soda

A Onetime Nomad Reflects On The Beauty And Harshness Of Life In The Somali Desert

Sep 04, 2021
Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.
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National Security
A U.S. Army soldier, seen at an unidentified location in Somalia earlier this year. The Trump administration announced Friday that most U.S. troops stationed in the country will be pulled out in early 2021.

Trump Orders The Withdrawal Of Most U.S. Forces From Somalia

Dec 05, 2020
"While a change in force posture, this action is not a change in U.S. policy," the Pentagon said Friday. The Trump administration will reassign most of the personnel elsewhere in East Africa.
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Weather

Somalia's Strongest Tropical Cyclone Ever Recorded Could Drop 2 Years' Rain In 2 Days

Nov 22, 2020
Tropical Cyclone Gati made landfall in Somalia on Sunday. It's the first recorded instance of a hurricane-strength system hitting the country.
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Goats and Soda
Fartuun Adan (right) and Ilwad Elman, the mother and daughter named winners of this year's $1 million Aurora Prize for their efforts to help former child soldiers and others in their native Somalia.

No It's Not A TV Movie: Death, Renewed Determination, A $1 Million Prize

Oct 19, 2020
The patriarch/peace activist was assassinated in Somalia. His wife and 3 daughters fled. Mom (and one child) returned to build on his work. Now they've won the Aurora Prize — which has its own twist.
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Goats and Soda
Surrounded by some members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, President Trump speaks at a press conference on COVID-19 in March in the Rose Garden. Of the 27 task force members, two are women, standing to Trump's left: Dr. Deborah Birx and Seema

Where The Women Aren't: On Coronavirus Task Forces

Jun 24, 2020
The pandemic is reportedly taking a greater toll on women. Yet women are underrepresented in expert groups that decide how to control the coronavirus and where funds should go.
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World
Desert locusts jump up from the ground and fly away as a cameraman walks past earlier this month in Kenya's Nasuulu conservancy.

Why Are Swarms Of Locusts Wreaking Havoc In East Africa?

Feb 21, 2020
Clouds of the insects can stretch for miles, devouring vegetation and destroying crops. Locust experts say time is running out to get the swarms under control because they multiply so quickly.
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Goats and Soda
Locusts swarm over Yemen's capital.

Maybe The Way To Control Locusts Is By Growing Crops They Don't Like

Aug 19, 2019
A lab at Arizona State University tries to find new ways to combat the global scourge of locusts. One solution may have to do with farming practices.
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StoryCorps
Jamal Batar and his father, Aden, at StoryCorps in West Valley City, Utah, in March 2017. The Batar family fled the civil war in Somalia for the United States in 1994.

'We Are Americans': Somali Refugee Family Reflects On Making A Life In The U.S.

Jul 05, 2019
Aden Batar directs a refugee resettlement program in Utah. It is the same organization that helped resettle his family 25 years ago, when they fled a harrowing civil war in Somalia.
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Africa
A Somali soldier stands near a destroyed building in Mogadishu, Somalia, on  March 1 after police blamed a nearly day-long siege of the  Somali capital on al-Shabab extremists.

U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia May Amount To War Crimes, Says Rights Group

Mar 20, 2019
A new report by Amnesty International alleges that the U.S. killed at least 14 people in five different airstrikes in Somalia. The U.S. says it has never killed or injured a civilian.
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Goats and Soda
Mogadishu's free ambulance service was founded in 2006 by Dr. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan after he saw people bringing relatives to the hospital by wheelbarrow.

Patients In Wheelbarrows Inspired Him To Start A Free Ambulance Service

Oct 28, 2018
It's been a welcome alternative for Somalis in Mogadishu. But now, says its founder, it may have to cut back.
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Goats and Soda
Some cutters use a razor blade for the female genital mutilation procedure.

2 Young Sisters Die After Undergoing Female Genital Mutilation

Sep 14, 2018
The girls were ages 10 and 11 and lived in Somalia, which has the highest rate of FGM in the world.
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World

American Soldier Killed In Somalia

Jun 08, 2018
One American soldier has died and four have been injured in an attack by insurgents in Somalia, marking the first known U.S. combat death in Africa since an ambush in Niger last year.
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Goats and Soda
A woman walks through a cactus field in a drought-stricken area of western Somaliland.

Surprising Images From Up-And-Coming Photographers

May 20, 2018
Winners of the Flash Forward competition focus on a beauty pageant for black Brazilians, Somalians coping with drought and transgender fashionistas living under a bridge.
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Goats and Soda
Xawo Abdi Hassan rehearses her song. Xawo did not win the competition but the show launched her career as a singer.

Invisibilia: They Risked Their Lives To Bring Music Back

Mar 21, 2018
When Somalia decided to start a reality show with a singing competition, there was a major problem. Singing in public could bring on the wrath of al-Shabab.
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Goats and Soda

Invisibilia: Inspired By 'American Idol,' Somali TV Show Aimed To Change The World

Mar 16, 2018
Reality TV is popular around the world. It's also roundly mocked as formulaic and contrived. But can that kind of fragile fantasy meaningfully influence the real world?
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Parallels
The el-Geyf mosque on the island of Suakin, Sudan.

Turkey Is Quietly Building Its Presence In Africa

Mar 08, 2018
The Turkish have increased trade and aid to the continent, as well as building a major military base. Africa has natural resources that Turkey needs, including oil and gas.
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Goats and Soda

Viral Video From A Somali Comic Conquers The Internet

Jan 26, 2018
Millions are watching Barbar, a music video from Somali-born comedian Oomaar. Fans are making their own versions. What's it all about?
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The Two-Way
Rescue workers survey the devastation on Sunday after a vehicle bomb was detonated outside a hotel the night before.

Latest Attack On Mogadishu Ends With At Least 23 Dead

Oct 29, 2017
Al-Shabab claimed the attack as it wages a bloody insurgency in Somalia's capital. A mother and her three children, one of them a baby, were among those killed according to police.
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The Two-Way
Somali soldiers and rescue workers on Sunday inspect the scene of the truck bomb explosion in Mogadishu.

Somalis Grasp For Answers After 'Deadliest Single Attack Somalia Has Ever Faced'

Oct 16, 2017
More than 300 people died in a truck bombing that rocked the country's capital on Saturday — and it's likely that staggering death toll will rise further. Amid the rubble, difficult questions remain.
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Goats and Soda
A World Food Programme worker stands next to aid parcels that will be distributed to South Sudanese refugees at the airport in Sudan's North Kordofan state.

Why It's So Hard To Stop The World's Looming Famines

Jul 18, 2017
Millions of people in Yemen and sub-Saharan Africa are facing food shortages and severe malnutrition. Host Audie Cornish talks with Justin Forsyth of UNICEF about the crisis.
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The Two-Way
A woman grieves for her daughter, who was shot by militants during an attack on a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. Early Thursday, Somali security forces ended a nightlong siege by al-Shabab extremists at the popular Pizza House restaurant in the countr

Restaurant Siege In Somalia Ends With At Least 31 People Killed

Jun 15, 2017
It took hours for Somali soldiers to reclaim the pizza place from militants, who took hostages and killed many of the patrons. The attack claimed by al-Shabab opened with a bombing on a nearby hotel.
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Goats and Soda
"The only thing that's missing is the sovereign recognition," says Saad Ali Shire, foreign minister of Somaliland.

Somaliland Wants To Make One Thing Clear: It Is NOT Somalia

May 30, 2017
The breakaway republic has not received international recognition. Its foreign minister says that's slowing down delivery of aid to the drought-stricken territory.
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Goats and Soda

What Country Spends The Most (And Least) On Health Care Per Person?

Apr 20, 2017
A new report looks at data from 184 countries. And raises the question: Does more spending lead to better health outcomes?
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Goats and Soda
Fatun Mohamed Sareye, 30, sits with her family at a camp for internally displaced people in Garowe, Somalia.

Social Media Star Has A 'Crazy Idea' To Help Somalia

Mar 22, 2017
Jerome Jarre wanted to raise $1 million, buy 60 tons of food and get Turkish Airlines to fly it in for free. How's he doing?
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Goats and Soda
Women carry food in gunny bags after visiting an aid distribution center in South Sudan on March 10.

Why The Famine In South Sudan Keeps Getting Worse

Mar 14, 2017
The U.N. says Sudan — and three other countries — are the scene of catastrophic famine. What are the causes?
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