'Alien' Minerals Never Found on Earth Before Reveal Their Traumatic Origin Story
The El Ali meteorite in Somalia was recently found to contain 3 new mineral's formed when incompatible melted metals fused together in space.
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Young Woman's Instagram Photos Show Hidden, Positive Side of Somalia
A young 26-year-old Somali woman created an Instagram account to reassure her grandmother in Canada that she was safe, but her beautiful pics have gained her 60,000 fans.
Celebs On Social Media Raise Over $1.5M for Somalian Famine
What started as a hashtag on social media has become an international campaign to save Somalian families from starvation and famine, thanks to these stars.
Seattle to Host Free Concert of Music From Travel Ban Countries
The Seattle Symphony Orchestra performance will also be live streamed tonight via the event's Facebook page.
College Kids Knock on Every Single Dorm Door for Special Cause
These college kids were so inspired by a team of celebrities, they spent four hours knocking on dorm room doors asking for quarters.
Somali Teen's Inventions From Trash, Earn Him Ticket Out of Poverty
He's living in poverty, but a 13-year-old's fascination with building his own electric gadgets from trash has earned him a free education.
Somalia Once Again Polio-Free, Declares UN
In what is being described as a major victory in the global fight against polio, the United Nations health agency announced yesterday that the disease has been eradicated in strife-torn Somalia thanks to the efforts of some 10,000 volunteers and health workers across the Horn of Africa nation.
Expats Return To Somalia In Hopes Of Aiding Change
A new Cabinet took office in November in the capital, Mogadishu, and it's loaded with Somali-Americans. Some have given up quiet lives in the U.S. suburbs to try to turn around one of the world's most dangerous countries.
Number Starving in Somalia Drops by Half a Million Thanks to Rain and Intl Aid
The drought-induced famine crisis in Somalia has eased somewhat, United Nations officials said on Friday, with the number of people facing imminent starvation dropping to nearly 250,000 from 750,000 because of rainfall and increased aid deliveries.
Swimming Off Mogadishu, a Sense of Hope Returns to Somalia
With almost a thousand newly trained government troops, augmented by thousands of African peacekeepers, Mogadishu, the war torn capital of Somalia, and former jewel of the Indian Ocean, has a newfound sense of liberation these days, since al Qaeda-linked rebels were forced out last year. The economy has recovered somewhat from the civil unrest, and the white-sand beaches, among the most beautiful in the world, are now seeing the return of swarms of swimmers to the turquoise waters.
Historic Anti-Terror Victory: US Officially Recognizes Somalia
For the first time since 1991, the United States is officially recognizing the government of Somalia, a country in chaos since the 1990's overrun by warlords. President Hassan Sheikh was welcomed at the State Department in Washington, DC for an official ceremony with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who had made securing Somalia a personal priority of her four years in office.
Child Refugee From War Torn Somalia Goes Back to Run For President
After fleeing her homeland almost 25 years ago, and graduating from Harvard this year, Fadumo Dayib has decided she wants to be president of Somalia.
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