Michael Scott Moore traveled to Somalia in 2012 to garner a deeper understanding of piracy and the local economy, but his ...

Two Somali men who prosecutors called pirates were sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday in the 2012 kidnapping of an ...

On Jan. 21 of that year, Moore was driving in Galkayo, Somalia when his vehicle was surrounded by men carrying assault rifles and grenade launchers. Moore was taken from his vehicle, beaten and driven ...

A Somali pirate and former Minnesota resident received a 30-year prison sentence related to the kidnapping of a U.S. journalist.

Abdi Yusef Hassan, 56, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, of Mogadishu, Somalia, were both sentenced ...

Following Somalia's worst floods in a century, gushing waters have swept through a cemetery in the central city of Galkayo, leaving bodies floating through the streets. The gruesome sight has ...

In May 2018, the Somali peacebuilding organisation, the Centre for Peace and Democracy, was part of a difficult reconciliation process between two warring communities in Galkayo, Somalia's third ...

As Somalia faces what experts call its worst drought in a decade, children are bearing the brunt. Parents are struggling to feed them, with nearly half of the country's under-five population ...

Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport is The main airport serving the Mudug region of Somalia and its capital city Galkayo. The city is a vibrant and lively town that thrives on trade.

A highly anticipated election is set to be contested in Somalia’s Galmudug with four candidates declaring interest in the seat currently held by Ahmed Abdi Kariye "Qoor Qoor."Relative ...

Two Somali pirates were sentenced to three decades in prison over the kidnapping of an American journalist held in captivity ...

Two Somali men will spend 30 years in prison for the kidnapping of an American journalist, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the ...