Somalia

Today sees the publication of a series of cartoon strips depicting the lives of Somalis living in cities across Europe. Shamso & Family is the true story of one Leicester mother and her children.

Last month’s terror attack at the Westgate shopping centre in Kenya showed how media-savvy al-Shabaab is. As Jamal Osman writes, the jihadist group’s media office is small but determined.

The latest video from Somali-based terrorists al-Shabaab focuses on the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby. It names several “deluded” Muslims who condemned the killing: the police are offering protection.

Judith Tebbutt’s A Long Walk Home tells the story of the author’s horrific six-month ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates, who killed her husband. A “heart-stopping” memoir worthy of an award.

Tom Hanks’s latest film Captain Phillips focuses on a battle between two captains – one a Somali pirate. But does the Hollywood portrayal of Somalia piracy reflects real life?

Living in a tin shack by the roadside, Abdullahi is isolated, barely washed and poorly fed. For the last 17 years he has been chained up by his own family in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

As US Secretary of State John Kerry defends a raid in which Anas al-Libi was captured, Channel 4 News explores who the “senior” al-Qaeda operative is, and what significance his arrest carries.

US forces launch raids in Libya and Somalia capturing a top al-Qaeda figure wanted for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, US officials confirm.

A night-time raid on the Somali coast struck at a stronghold of terrorist group al-Shabaab. The group allege that the SAS were involved and that one SAS officer died in the fight.

With 111 bodies found so far, the final victim count in Thursday’s migrant boat tragedy off Italy could reach three times that number. What can be done to prevent similar events in future?

Hundreds are still unaccounted for and dozens have died after a ship carrying migrant African workers was wrecked off the coast of Italy.

Reports that some of the al-Shabaab terrorists, who attacked the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, escaped are likely to be true, writes Jamal Osman. Now they can expect a life of hero worship.

Exclusive: Channel 4 News learns the alleged leader of the Nairobi shopping mall attack was born a Christian in Kenya and is a former member of the country’s special forces.

Al-Shabaab, the terrorist group that attacked Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre, continues its campaign against the Kenyan government with attacks on border towns.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud tells Channel 4 News that al-Shabaab members are not allied to one particular country – and Somalis are no more radicalised than other nationalities.