The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in ...

Though both U.S. Army leaders and journalists have meticulously documented how the Battle of Mogadishu unfolded decades ago, ...

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Shabaab, al Qaeda’s official branch in East Africa, continued its spate of attacks by targeting a popular beach front hotel and restaurant in a coordinated assault in Mogadishu, the capital city of ...

Famine, civil war, Kalashnikovs, despots… We hear the word Mogadishu and immediately images from Black Hawk Down start playing in our minds. That hasn’t been good for the country, and it hasn ...

The iconic Mogadishu Secondo-Lido Lighthouse was built in the early 1900s during the Italian colonial ... iconic landmark building in the city, simultaneously representing its glorious past, ...

Netflix’s upcoming three-part documentary, titled Surviving Black Hawk Down, sheds light on the events that took place during ...

Nearly 15 years after Ridley Scott’s war classic, Netflix speaks to those who experienced both sides of the historic conflict ...

A new Netflix docuseries reveals the true story behind 2002's Black Hawk Down — told by those who lived it. The 3-part ...

Mogadishu, Somalia - January 02, 2025 The Somali army continues its military operations in the Mahadaay (118 KM north Mogadishu capital city of Somalia)district of the Middle Shabelle region to ...