1. Famine in Somalia
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... Marine captain with a wife and two college-aged children. Captain Phillips was in charge of the ship, Maersk Alabama, in April 2009, when it was carrying relief supplies around the Horn of Africa from Oman to Mombasa, Kenya. This area is notorious for Somali pirates, which work in small groups and are able to board large cargo ships because, unlike the ... ...
Somalia, also known as "The Horn of Africa", is located in the most eastern part of Africa and stretches from the Equator to the Red Sea. It is bordered by Ethiopia on the west, Kenya to its southwest, and Djibouti on the northwest. It is bounded by the Gulf of Aden to the north and the Indian Oce...
... longest I have ever taken. A fully combat loaded commercial 747 flew us. The flight took about 48 hours, with a layover in London and a layover in Egypt before landing in Somalia, the "Horn of Africa". It was a frightening experience not knowing what to expect when we landed. I was prepared for the worst and expected it. As we all filed out of the Jet ... ...