Michael Scott Moore spent 977 days as a hostage of Somali pirates. He is a journalist and in 2012 he set out for the Somali coast on a reporting trip when he was kidnapped. What followed was a two and...
Today's Map of the Day comes from a fascinating new initiatiative called Shuraako, which is Somali for "partnership."
That's the provocative question that kicks off a not-to-be missed online debate. Check it out.
The price of helping Somalia is high—the highest in the world, says the resident UN coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden. But it’s hard to imagine how it wouldn’t be: By almost every measure, this country is not just the neediest, but also the most complicated operating environment for aid anywhere on Earth
The PSA campaign includes Dr. Jill Biden, who lead an American delegation to the region last month; and actor Josh Hartnett (who starred in Black Hawk Down);
The UN just announced that a sixth region in Somalia was affected by famine. Things are only getting worse.
New data from the World Bank points to a disturbing trend in global food prices.
The latest in our unfortunate series on the crisis in the Horn of Africa.
If Americans were as generous as Kenyans, we could fund every open OCHA appeal fully, three times over.