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Somalia

'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response

Locusts swarm from ground vegetation

Climate-Crisis Fueled Locust Swarms Pose 'Unprecedented Threat to Food Security and Livelihoods' in East Africa

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

locust swarm

The region's worst outbreak in decades has brought hundreds of millions of crop-devouring bugs to Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya.

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'Appalling Disregard for Civilians': Amnesty Investigation Details How US Military Killed Innocent Farmers in Somalia

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Wreckage from a U.S. airstrike that killed three farmers in Somalia.

"Three civilian men died agonizing deaths while their families are left...

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Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Hodan Nalayeh filming an episode of "Integration TV" in Mogadishu, Somalia in October 2015.

"Hodan Nalayeh came here… to change the narrative on Somalia—the violence, the...

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An MQ-9 Reaper drone flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan.

US Killing Civilians With 'Impunity' in Hidden War on Somalia: Report

'Shameful': Trump Ends Rule Requiring US to Disclose Number of Civilians Killed by Drone Strikes

Corker-Kaine AUMF Would Only Expand Trump's Ability To Wage Endless War

"Slave Ship Conditions" for Somalis as Deportation Flight Sheds Light on Horrific Practices Under Trump

“Blood from a gunshot wound poured into the earth around him.”

Strong Evidence that U.S. Special Operations Forces Massacred Civilians in Somalia

Carnage in Somalia Was 'Revenge' for Children Killed in US Raid: Report

When the Victims Are in Somalia, Many Notice Coverage Double-Standard

The death toll from the devastating blasts in Mogadishu has reached 276. (Photo: Reuters)

Death Toll Climbs to 276 From 'Revolting Attack' in Mogadishu

Poll: Most Americans Oblivious, But Not Uncaring, to Overseas Suffering

Violence and Persecution Uprooted Record 65.6 Million People in 2016, UN Agency Reports

U.S. Has Only Acknowledged A Fifth of Lethal Drone Strikes, New Study Finds

In a "World of Plenty," G7 Must Fight Famine

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Jubilee USA Network

Congress Passes Somalia Debt Relief

Amnesty International

U.S. Military Shows Appalling Disregard For Civilians Killed in Somalia Air Strike

Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty International Calls on US to Investigate All Claims of Civilian Casualties

Amnesty International

Yemen: ‘Heart-breaking’ Mass Drowning a Symptom of Devastating Conflict and Humanitarian Crisis

Committee to Protect Journalists

Bangladesh, South Sudan join CPJ's Global Impunity Index...

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)

Somali and Kenya: Roots of al-Shabab

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Tom Engelhardt

The Global War of Error

Ron Forthofer

Proposed Withdrawal of US Troops in Syria

Brett Wilkins

For 9th Straight Year, US Grants Waivers to Countries Violating Anti-Child Soldier Law

Allegra Harpootlian

Drone Strikes and Tears: Why I Weep While I Work

William Astore

The American Cult of Bombing and Endless War

Danny Sjursen

Where Is the Democratic Alternative to Forever War?

Phyllis Bennis

The Alarming Rise of Civilian Deaths in the War On Terror

Tom Engelhardt

American War Is Off the Charts

Gerry Condon

The Wall, The Endless War, and the Troops Who Pay

Tom Engelhardt

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