The True Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Surviving Black Hawk Down’ And The Battle Of Mogadishu
Following his award-winning film "Black Hawk Down," Ridley Scott’s new Netflix docuseries revisits the Battle of Mogadishu with firsthand accounts from those who lived it. Here’s what happened.
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The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia — and has global ambitions
For decades, Washington has sought to prop up the government in Mogadishu, but Somalia remains a fractured state. Political ...
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President of Somalia: Trump must help defeat global terrorism
In 1960, both sides became independent and became the Somali Republic. Then the civil war occurred in 1991, and Somaliland seceded in that year from Somalia. Although Somaliland has functioned as ...
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Op-ed: Ethiopia’s High-Stakes Game: Navigating fragility amid Somalia’s diplomatic maneuvers, Egypt’s military presence
By fostering deeper ties with Somali civil society and regional leaders, Ethiopia can counterbalance Egypt’s influence while promoting a cooperative framework for regional stability. Somalia’s ...
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Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, says the capture of Velyka Novosilka may prove more political than strategic. “Russia is likely trying to leverage the claimed ...
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Missionaries Flee Mozambique’s Election Unrest
The violence of the confrontations stoked fears that the country would fall into a new civil war, like the one that lasted from 1977 to 1992. A new civil war would endanger decades of foreign ...
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Geological and Topographical Maps: their Interpretation and Use A Handbook for the Geologist and Civil Engineer
THE practical problems involved in the interpretation of geological and topographical maps are here dealt with in a manner likely to appeal to students of geology and civil engineering.
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Maps of War: Mapping conflict through the centuries
Subjects include the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War The twentieth century: Extended features on the First and Second World Wars, featuring maps detailing trench warfare and aerial ...
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New rider in town: Somalia's first woman equestrian turns heads
Somalia is struggling to emerge from decades of civil war and entrenched poverty, while enduring a bloody insurgency by Al-Shabaab jihadists and frequent climate disasters. Resident Abdifatah Abdi ...
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Trump Administration Updates: Federal Workers Told to Inform on Colleagues Trying to Dodge D.E.I. Crackdown
Among them is Nur Ahmed, who arrived in Columbus in 2010, after fleeing civil war in Somalia. He sponsored his child, young sister and mother to join him. Their case was stalled during Mr. Trump ...
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Trump Threatens Sanctions, Tariffs on Russia if Putin Won’t End War in Ukraine
President Trump threatened sanctions and tariffs on Russia if its leader, President Vladimir Putin, doesn’t reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Trump on Wednesday wrote on Truth ...