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November 14, 2017 | The New York Times
From Journalist to Hostage
When a reporter takes too many risks, who pays the price? Sonia Kenebeck looks at the case of Michael Scott Moore.
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Somalia
February 22, 2017 | Bloomberg Businessweek
Inside the Deadly Pirate Corridor Where Migrants Escape to Europe
EU policy has stagnated while illegal migrant routes proliferate.
June 30, 2015 | USA Today
Ex-Hostage: No-Ransom Policy Doesn't Keep Us Safe
The Somali pirates that held Michael Scott Moore captive for 977 days seemed not to care that the US does not negotiate with hostage takers. Should the US overhaul its current hostage policy?
June 25, 2015 | PBS NewsHour
Refusing to Pay Ransom Won’t Stop Kidnapping, Says Former Hostage
The White House will now allow ransom payments by the families of US hostages. PBS NewsHour interviews Pulitzer Center grantee Michael Scott Moore, a former Somali hostage.
June 03, 2015 | BBC World Service
BBC Newshour Interviews Michael Scott Moore on His Kidnapping
BBC Newshour interviews Michael Scott Moore, Pulitzer Center grantee who was kidnapped by Somali pirates and held for 977 days.
June 02, 2015 | The Guardian
My 977 Days Held Hostage by Somali Pirates
Michael Scott Moore was kidnapped by Somali pirates in 2012. For the first time, he tells the story of his abduction, detention and eventual release.
March 28, 2015 | Politico
If America Won't Negotiate for Hostages, It Needs a More Aggressive Rescue Policy
To ransom or not? In the US/European debate Pulitzer Center grantee Michael Scott Moore speaks from experience. The German-American freelancer spent 32 months as a captive of Somali pirates.
May 04, 2012 | Foreign Policy
Rajiv Shah: A Business-Like Approach to Foreign Aid
USAID head Rajiv Shah explains his agency's effort to integrate development and emergency intervention while emphasizing public-private partnerships in long-term development programs.
November 26, 2011 | The New York Times
The Famine Next Time
Millions of people are starving unnecessarily in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The world knows how to prevent drought-induced famine. So why doesn’t it?
August 25, 2011 | Global Voices
Somalia: Food Security Emergency Spreads Despite Aid
Because of continuous armed conflict in Somalia, experts fear that conditions are likely to further deteriorate in the famine-stricken country.
April 15, 2011 | NPR
Somaliland: A Land In Limbo
Photojournalist Narayan Mahon has been working on an ongoing project called Lands In Limbo to document the state of what he calls "unrecognized countries."
January 15, 2010 | Virginia Quarterly Review
The Invisible Country
As we sped through the dusty heat of rural Somaliland on one of the region's few paved roads, an armed escort behind us and the hills of Ethiopia ahead, Dr. Adan Abokor told me his story. Abokor is sixty-two years old with thinning, gray hair, and his steady, measured voice can mask his emotions, but his energy is undiminished, and his memories of 1982 are still raw. "I was a member of the Hargeisa Group," he began.