NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Bush administration proposal to allow foreign forces to go ashore into Somalia to hunt the country's notorious pirates is getting a cool reception from U.S. military leaders, ...

Bush did not make any public commitment on expanding America's role in Somalia, where 18 U.S. soldiers were killed in 1993. An international arms expert, who did not want to be identified, said ...

Journalist Michael Scott Moore went to East Africa to write about piracy. Then he got kidnapped and imprisoned for 977 days. The Desert and the... What It's Like To Be Held Hostage By Somali Pirates ...

In Minneapolis, where Somali refugees helped revitalize entire neighborhoods, the community was stunned by the presidential order capping annual refugee admissions at 7,500, the lowest number since ...

Authorities in Somalia are investigating the circumstances surrounding a recent U.S. airstrike after claims that a village elder killed in the operation was wrongly targeted, according to a major ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush has been briefed about increasing attacks by Somali pirates off east Africa, and the United States is consulting with other U.N. Security Council ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Islamic militia vowed to turn Somalia into a religious state today, pushing north to take more territory after winning a three-month battle for Mogadishu. But thousands of ...