Somali children dance in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Fairfax Media/Fairfax Media via Getty Images hide caption
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Tuesday
Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Tuesday. Kerry made the unannounced trip to Somalia in a show of solidarity with the government trying to defeat al-Qaida-allied militants. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Wednesday
A Somali woman counts the cash she collected from a money transfer service in Mogadishu, the capital city. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP hide caption
Monday
Sunday
Kenyan Christians pray as they join a morning service at Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday. Sayyid Azim/AP hide caption
Saturday
A woman cries after she viewed the body of a relative killed in Thursday's attack on a university, at Chiromo funeral home, in Nairobi. Sayyid Azim/AP hide caption
Wednesday
After a long day at the Somali American Community Center he founded in Clarkston, Ga., and then at an after-school program, Omar Shekhey drives a taxi to earn extra money. Often he gives his earnings to refugees to help them with expenses. Kevin Liles for NPR hide caption
Engineer Turned Cabbie Helps New Refugees Find Their Way
Friday
Ugaaso Boocow is back — and instagramming — in her homeland of Somalia. Courtesy of Ugaaso A. Boocow hide caption
Her Instagram Feed Finds The Fun In Long-Suffering Somalia
Wednesday
Customers wait to collect money at the Juba Express money transfer company in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Feb. 12. Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Terrorism Fears Complicate Money Transfers For Somali-Americans
Sunday
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says a video released by al-Shabab "reflects [a] new phase" for terrorism networks. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Somali-American youths play basketball before the start of a September 2013 solidarity rally by the Minneapolis Somali community to denounce al-Shabab's attack of a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Less than a decade after groups of teens from Minneapolis emigrated to Somalia to join the terrorist group, more have been recruited to join the self-declared Islamic State in Syria. Eric Miller/Reuters/Landov hide caption
For Somalis In Minneapolis, Jihadi Recruiting Is A Recurring Nightmare
Friday
Somali journalist Yusuf Ahmed Abukar used the radio to tell stories of the poor and suffering in Somalia — and to criticize militant groups and the government. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP hide caption
Listen to One of Abukar's Stories (It's in Somali)
Thursday
African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), African Union soldiers march along the top of a hill overlooking the al-Shabab stronghold of Barawe, a coastal town 135 miles southwest of Mogadishu, in Somalia, in October. Tobin Jones/AP hide caption
Friday
Yemeni soldiers hold up their weapons at an area seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, on May 8. President Obama said Wednesday that U.S. strategy against the so-called Islamic State would be similar to how it targeted militants in Yemen and Somalia. Yemen's Defense Ministry/AP hide caption