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 ... ...
... States critics of the United Nations. "For many years in the U.S., Somalia was viewed as a powerful symbol of the United Nations peacekeeping failure (Somalia in Focus, 1997)."" Located on the Horn of Africa along the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, lies Somalia. "Reoccurring power struggles with the lands of Somalia has been an ongoing problem for many centuries (Somalia in ... ...
... 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 ... ...