Airman from a downed Black Hawk is seized and killed in Mogadishu's main square, October 1993. Shortly after this picture was taken, the airman's...
An African Union soldier looks out from war rubble on August 19, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia. After two decades of civil war in Mogadishu, the capital...
Somali washwoman, A washwoman stands on the rocky shore of the Indian Ocean, Mogadishu, Somaliland, 1920s, 1920s, Italian Somaliland.
Children stand atop the wreckage of an American helicopter October 14, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. This Blackhawk helicopter, which was used to root...
Children walk along the rotor of a wrecked American helicopter October 14, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. This Blackhawk helicopter, which was used to...
An Ikonos satellite image of Mogadishu, Somalia taken August 15, 2001 is shown. Columbia Pictures will release a new film named ''Black Hawk Down:...
Pair of Marines from Task Force Mogadishu prepare to clear a building during a raid on a weapons cache as part of the multinational relief effort...
Scenes along the Mogadishu foreshore, destroyed by civil war beginning in the nineteen eighties. These buildings and many others along the foreshore...
Curious locals follow an American soldier as he patrols near a building along the Green Line, which was a heavily contested area during the civil...
Ugandan soldier, part of the African Union Mission in Somalia , checks his smart phone while walking past war rubble on an AMISOM base on August 17,...
Prisoner looks out a small window May 4, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Following the departure of US forces, UN troops continue the humanitarian...
Children climb along the rotor of a wrecked American helicopter October 14, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. This Blackhawk helicopter, which was used to...
Army Airborne Ranger flies in a helicopter October 13, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Two US Army Airborne Ranger''s helicopters were shot down October...
Somalis await treatment at an outpatient hospital run by the African Union Mission in Somalia , on August 17, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia. More than...
Farhiyo Hassan sits with her sick and malnourished 2-month-old twins at the Banadir hospital on August 20, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The UN...
Security guard chews Khat to stay awake in in the stairwell of the Sahafi hotel in Mogadishu. All hotels have a heavy security presence in the face...
Scenes along the Mogadishu foreshore, destroyed by civil war beginning in the nineteen eighties. These buildings and many others along the foreshore...
Member of the National Medical Rescue Team checks a person, wounded in a suicide car bomb targeted a police convoy escorting Turkish contractors in...
African Politics, Personalities, pic: 12th June 1974, Mogadishu, President of Somalia Said Barre puts his arm aroung Tanzanian President Julius...
Marine Super Stallion transport helicopter prepares to land at a secured airbase amid a crowd of Somali civilians. This is the beginning of a US-led...
Onlookers view the wreckage of a suicide car bomb that targetted Somali government minister Sheikh Yusuf Siyad Indha Adde, in a government controlled...
Airman from a downed Black Hawk is seized and killed in Mogadishu's main square, October 1993. Shortly after this picture was taken, the airman's...
Ugandan soldier, part of the 9,000-strong African Union Mission in Somalia, walks through the Banadir soccer stadium on August 15, 2011 in Mogadishu,...
Correspondent Christiane Amanpour covers the US-led peacekeeping operation in Mogadishu. From a tower she watches and smiles at Somali civilians...
Soldier stands guard July 9, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Tension continues to escalate following the deadly skirmishes between Somali rebels and...
United Nations troops aim guns while on a peacekeeping mission June 20, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. An estimated 350,000 Somalis died due to war,...
Photographers follow a man carrying another man June 20, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. An estimated 350,000 Somalis died due to war, famine and disease...
Army Airborne Ranger operates a machine gun October 13, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Two US Army Airborne Ranger''s helicopters were shot down October...
Children stand among the wreckage of an American helicopter October 14, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. This Blackhawk helicopter, which was used to root...
Marine stands guard atop a building March 3, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The U.S. Has been the main pillar in an international peacekeeping effort...
The wreckage of an American helicopter sits October 14, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. This Blackhawk helicopter, which was used to root out ammo...
Somali boy carries a machine gun along a street in Mogadishu before the arrival of 28,000 United States Marines, sent during Operation Restore Hope...
In the 1980s civil war broke out when warlord factions joined together to overthrow then president Siad Barre, who finally lost power in 1991. Since...
Somali military policeman stands guard as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits a Turkish field hospital at a camp for people displaced...
Damaged building is seen at a scene after a bomb attack targeting the Armed Forces Command near the Defense Ministry in Mogadishu, Somalia on April...
Somalian security forces and people gather at a scene after a bomb attack targeting the Armed Forces Command near the Defense Ministry in Mogadishu,...
An armed fighter in Mogadishu resting his machine gun on the sand dunes during the Somalian civil war, January 1992.
Young boy with a rifle standing in front of a tank in Mogadishu during the Somalian civil war, January 1992.
Young Somali child waits in line at a center for handicapped victims during the famine. In the 1980s civil war broke out when warlord factions joined...
Woman and child at a Save The Children Fund feeding centre in Mogadishu during the Somalian civil war, January 1992.
Weak and malnourished, Hassan Ali Musa sits with his father Iisa Ali Musa at the Banadir hospital on August 20, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The UN...
Local man stands in a makeshift warehouse with the sacks of food sent as aid packages during "Operation Restore Hope." In the 1980s a civil war...
Woman carries her child in an area that divides the city into north and south sections. It is a no-man's-land where homes and businesses have been...
Patient laying on the floor of Mogadishu's central hospital which is overwhelmed by casualites from the fighting, October 1993.
Somali militaman, part of a factional militia group fighting in the civil war, carries a firearm left over from the cold war. Somalia had been a...
Police candidates attend a crime scene investigation class in Mogadishu. As well as classroom lessons, on this day they are also seen conducting a...
Police candidates attend a crime scene investigation class in Mogadishu. As well as classroom lessons, on this day they are also seen conducting a...
Police candidates attend a crime scene investigation class in Mogadishu. As well as classroom lessons, on this day they are also seen conducting a...
