But the lighthouse is quiet and it is safe—if anyplace in Mogadishu can be considered safe. Mohammed, 18, comes for the view. From the top floor he sees the ruins of his neighborhood in the once ...

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 ...

Every American war movie fan is probably familiar with the Battle of Mogadishu. It's also known as the "Black Hawk Down" incident, borrowed from the title of an exhaustively researched book and ...