Africa – Somalia
The Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
The Battle of Mogadishu, also known as Black Hawk Down, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent. It was fought on...
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955- )
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the current President of Somalia, Union for Peace and Development Party leader, and member of the Abgaal...
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (1908-2007)
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (popularly known as Aden Adde) was the first president of Somalia. He was born on December...
African Immigration to the United States (1965- )
The four century (1460-1860) transatlantic slave trade is responsible for the involuntary migration of 388,000 enslaved Africans to the United...
Julius Franklin Nimmons Jr. (1939- )
The academic historian and university administrator Julius Franklin Nimmons Jr. was born on September 11, 1939, in Danville, Virginia, to...
The Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA) is the African continent’s easternmost peninsula. The English name for the region derives from the...
Mohamed Siad Barre (1910-1995)
Mohamed Siad Barre (Maxamed Siad Barre) was a military general in Somalia and the country’s third president. He came into...
Abdirahman Abdi (1979-2016)
On July 24, 2016, 37-year-old Somali-Canadian Abdirahman Abdi was beaten outside of his home in Ottawa, Canada by constables Dave...
Sabrina Dhowre Elba (1988- )
Sabrina Dhowre is a Somalian-American professional model and social media personality. She was born on July 16, 1989 in New...
