A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia
Under normal conditions, Somalia is one of the poorest and most food insecure countries in the world, and these are not normal conditions. It is a humanitarian crisis - it is a food crisis, a water crisis, a health crisis and a protection crisis.
Accompanied by an Australian photographer named Nigel Brennan, I'd gone to Somalia to work as a freelance journalist, on a trip that was meant to last only ten days.
The Somali government did not talk to the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy has no agreement with the Somali government.
The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia to South Sudan, conducted airstrikes and abduction missions, even put boots on the ground in countries where it pledged it would not.
Kelly, there are people in Somalia who would die for a banana.
Insecurity off the Somali coast has escalated sharply. It is very worrying.
is a day on which, sadly, colleagues of ours in Somalia are missing.
Then, we also need to have credible Somali institutions being established inside Somalia and local and regional peace agreements to be brokered.
I get at least 100 e-mails at the end of every day from viewers who say, 'Wow, this is America? Are you sure you're not making it up or reporting from Somalia and not somewhere else?' They simply cannot believe it.