Somali Gangs On Trial In Sex Trafficking Case

A trial with more than a dozen defendants accused in a sex trafficking ring run by Somali gangs is being complicated by cultural issues in the Somali refugee communities in Tenn. and Minn. Teenage girls were allegedly forced into prostitution.

Somali Father Loses 5 Children In Famine

A Somali father has told how he was forced to bury five of his seven children, as they starved to death in the famine that has engulfed his homeland.

Food Aid To Africa Increases As Famine Worsens

The World Food Program is sending nearly 900 tons of high energy biscuits to East Africa to help fight the famine in Somalia.

Somali Infant Recovers From Brink Of Starvation

Just days ago, a severely malnourished Somali infant seemed likely to join the growing death toll in Somalia's worst famine in decades, but now doctors say his health is improving.