Dark Docs. Black Hawk Down - Battle of Mogadishu. Posted: April 14, 2025 | Last updated: April 14, 2025. In the early 1990s, the Somali Civil War tore the country apart and brought starvation to ...

Between 2007 and 2020, the United States spent at least $2.5 billion on counterterrorism operations in Somalia, according to Costs of War, a 2023 Brown University study.

Despite being surrounded by the debris of an ongoing civil war, Mogadishu's residents in the early 1990s embraced the moments of serenity. The warm Sunday sunshine and cooling ocean breeze made ...

Somalia has been in civil war since 1991, when clan-based warlords overthrew a dictator then turned on each other. Go to accessibility shortcuts Share this article Comments ...

Learn about al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda affiliate with continued influence in Somalia, and track the latest developments in the country using CFR’s Global Conflict Tracker.

Binti Ali Wardhere lost many members of her family in the fighting The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in Somalia ...