Troops inspect a vehicle near "Victory Base" December 9, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The US will withdraw from the country by March 1994, because...
Victims of famine gather for food during Somalia's civil war. In the 1980s warlord factions joined together to overthrow then president Siad Barre,...
Mother and her child at an International Committee of the Red Cross famine relief and refugee camp during Somalia's civil war. In the 1980s warlord...
President Bill Clinton with a contingent of camouflage-clad Marine and Army soldiers recently returned from Somalia, during a ceremony honoring...
3rd Battalion, 75 Ranger regiment soldiers at grave of comrade, Corporal James Smith, killed in Oct., 1993 during tour of duty in civil war-torn...
3rd Battalion, 75 Ranger regiment soldiers at grave of comrade, Corporal James Smith, killed in Oct., 1993 during tour of duty in civil war-torn...
Marines from Kilo Company patrol along Mogadishu's Green Line January 10, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Green line divides rival clan factions who...
Curious locals follow an American soldier as he patrols near a building along the Green Line, which was a heavily contested area during the civil...
United States Marines drive a multipurpose vehicle onto the sand during an amphibious landing on a Somali beach in December of 1992. In the 1980s a...
Young girl holds her baby brother in her arms inside a makeshift tent at a camp for Internally Displaced People on the outskirts of Mogadishu on June...
Photo dated 17 December 1992 shows a Somali boy running towards a relief convoy as it arrives in a village 25km northwest of Baidoa as a French...
Soldiers prepare to depart May 4, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. UN peacekeeping troops will continue the humanitarian intervention aimed at ensuring...
Somali Transitional Federal Government , soldiers stand guard in the Bakara market on August 17, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Islamist extremist...
Security officer keeps order for hundreds of people desperate to move to a less crowded refugee camp in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee complex...
Woman and child at a Save The Children Fund feeding centre in Mogadishu during the Somalian civil war, January 1992.
Local children play in the middle of a barren street, lined with bombed-out buildings. In the 1980s civil war erupted in Somalia when warlord...
Somali woman stands near a military vehicle and US soldiers during "Operation Restore Hope." In the 1980s a civil war in Somalia began when warlord...
In the 1980s civil war broke out when warlord factions joined together to overthrow then president Siad Barre, who finally lost power in 1991. Since...
Militamen, part of a factional group fighting in the civil war, gather in a Toyota "technical car" just prior to the arrival of U.S. And...
Starving Somali in Mogadishu. Since 1988, the civil war disrupted the economy and food distribution. In 1992, the UN launched a peacekeeping and...
Starving Somali near Mogadishu. Since 1988, the civil war disrupted the economy and food distribution. In 1992, the UN launched a peacekeeping and...
Since 1988, the civil war disrupted the economy and food distribution in Somalia. In 1992, the UN launched a peacekeeping and humanitarian operation...
Somali boy carries a machine gun along a street in Mogadishu before the arrival of 28,000 United States Marines, sent during Operation Restore Hope...
Two Somalis, convicted of the murder of a Somali nurse working with a Turkish medical aid unit, are tied to large wooden stakes as they wait to be...
Somalian soldier patrols at the Karan market, in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu on June 30, 2014 after a bomb exploded. Two people were killed and...
Marine holds up his gun after disembarking from a landing craft on the beach near Mogadishu airport on December 09, 1992 as US military units take...
Somali government soldiers engage in a shootout with Islamic militants in Mogadishu on June 2, 2009. Heavy fighting broke out on June 2 in a densely...
Somali Salvation democratic Front fitghers, armed, move in their military vehicul, 24 March 1991 in Bufo, 85 kilometers of Mogadiscio. President Siad...
Protesters wave the national flag June 14, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Tensions continue to rise as Somali-faction leader General Aidid calls the...
Airman from a downed Black Hawk is seized and killed in Mogadishu's main square, October 1993. Shortly after this picture was taken, the airman's...
Onlookers view the wreckage of a suicide car bomb that targetted Somali government minister Sheikh Yusuf Siyad Indha Adde, in a government controlled...
Onlookers view the wreckage of a suicide car bomb that targetted Somali government minister Sheikh Yusuf Siyad Indha Adde, in a government controlled...
Government soldier loads bullets to a chain attached to his machine gun as government soldiers engage in a shootout with hard-line Islamic fighters...
Old muslim grave with painted walls, Awdal region, Zeila, Somaliland on November 21, 2011 in Zeila, Somaliland.
The body of the Somali Minister of Education Ibrahim Hassan Cadow is carried away from the scene of a suicide bomb attack during a university student...
Government soldier walks past the body of a hard-line Islamic fighter and used ammunition shells at KM4 X-Control frontline section of Mogadishu...
Government soldiers stand next to the body of a hard-line Islamic fighter at KM4 X-Control frontline section of Mogadishu where Islamist Fighters...
Batola Khalil Mohamed who is sick, rests in a wheelbarrow after making a three day journey from Somalia with members of her family August 24, 2008 at...
Somali refugees seek information about a move to a different displacement camp due to overcrowding August 24, 2008 at Dadaab, the world's biggest...
Naib Naema Abde Mohamed displays wounds to her chest and stomach suffered when an Ethiopian shell hit her home in Mogadishu, Somalia August 21, 2009...
Mako Bakar Bakaro, who lost a leg in fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia in 2008, stands against the wall of her hut August 21, 2009 in Dadaab, the...
Security officer keeps order for hundreds of people trying to move to a less crowded refugee camp in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee complex...
Women and children wait in line at a processing center for new arrivals in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 20, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya....
Refugees desperate to move to a less crowded refugee camp stand behind a United Nations fence in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee complex August...
Man helps to distribute flour at a United Nations food distribution center in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee complex August 20, 2009 in Dadaab,...
Women and children wait in line at a processing center for new arrivals in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee complex August 20, 2009 in Dadaab,...
Woman waits in line for water in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee complex, August 20, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The Dadaab refugee complex in...
Typical home for a refugee is covered with branches and torn tarps in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 20, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The...
People walk through burning refuse in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee complex August 20, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The Dadaab refugee complex in...
Child plays on a swing at a home in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 20, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The Dadaab refugee complex in...
Woman walks with a herd of goats in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee complex, August 20, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The Dadaab refugee complex in...
Child holds a tarp in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 19, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The Dadaab refugee complex in northeastern Kenya...
Woman waits to see a doctor inside of a Doctors Without Borders medical station in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 19, 2009 in...
Mother holds her child while waiting to see a doctor inside of a Doctors Without Borders medical station in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp...
Newly displaced Somalis wait to get into a processing center in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 19, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The Dadaab...
Women wait to receive medicine inside of a Doctors Without Borders medical station in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 19, 2009 in...
Child stands at the entrance to a food shop in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 19, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The Dadaab refugee complex...
Somali girls study English at a school in Dadaab, the world�s biggest refugee camp August 19, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The Dadaab refugee complex in...
Woman shops in a market in Eastleigh, a predominantly Muslim Somali neighborhood on August 18, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. Referred to locally as "Little...