somalia

A pirate stands on sandy dunes just outside the central Somali coastal town of Hobyo as he watches the outline of a hijacked ship anchored off the coast on August 20, 2010. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images/AFP hide caption

Eastleigh is known as “Little Mogadishu.” It’s a Somali neighborhood of mud roads, open sewers and intrigue. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption

European soldiers are training 2,000 Somalis to help build a national army to defend a weak, Western-backed government in Mogadishu. Frank Langfitt hide caption

The view of the beach from an abandoned hotel in Mogadishu. Frank Langfitt hide caption