MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister is expected to face a vote of confidence next week, lawmakers said on Friday, and backers of the challenge said they were frustrated with the pace of political reform.Full story
Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group. Full story
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced four men to prison on Tuesday for helping recruit young men in Minnesota to travel to Somalia and fight for the militant group al Shabaab. Full story
Jessica Buchanan was working at her dream job, doing humanitarian work in Somalia, when she was kidnapped at gunpoint. She talks about the harrowing 93 days she spent in captivity before being rescued by SEAL Team 6, saying she felt “like an animal.”
Abdulhakim Haji Faqi, Somalia's defense minister, discusses what his country requires to defeat al-Shabab.
Author Jeremy Scahill joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book "Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield" and the resulting documentary. "Dirty Wars" goes inside America's new covert wars, and looks at the deaths three Americans, including Anwar al Awlaki, an American Muslim killed in a 2011 drone st
A car bomb explodes near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 10 people. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Journalist and best-selling author Alex Berenson talks about using fiction to expose the truth about things like terrorism, corruption, and war.
Masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia, on Sept. 23, 2012.
Somalia's newly appointed Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid addresses members of the parliament after his introduction in Mogadishu October 17, 2012. REUTERS/Ismail Taxta
A Somaliland resident sells a flag a day before celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the self-declared independence day of the breakaway Somaliland region from the larger Somalia state, in Hargeisa May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS SOCIETY)
A Somaliland man buys souvenirs a day before celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the self-declared independence day of the breakaway Somaliland region from the larger Somalia state, in Hargeisa May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS SOCIETY)
