Mogadishu

Quick study: Lisa Shannon on women in Somalia: The worst place in the world to be a woman

Somali women suffer more than those in most other places. Some brave ones are fighting back(22)

Somalia’s mighty shilling: Hard to kill

A currency issued in the name of a central bank that no longer exists(26)

Somalia’s future: A ray of hope

International plans to help Somalis create regional governments are the best news in years for the miserable country(32)

Somalia: How do you solve a problem like Somalia?

A big conference in London tries to figure out what to do about Somalia(53)

Somalia’s woes: Hope is four-legged and woolly

Salvation for the world’s most utterly failed state depends more on private enterprise than international aid(58)

Visa-free travel: The wanderers

The passports that allow their holders to go almost anywhere(37)

Somalia's civil war: One more down

Another al-Qaeda leader is no more(4)

Jihad: The end of an era

Fazul Mohammed and the beginning of the end of the jihadist story(81)

Somalia's insurgency: Sending the boys home

African Union troops in the Somali capital have pushed back Islamist fighters(17)

Politics this week

Bombings in Uganda: Somalia comes to Uganda

The Shabab fighters who want to conquer Somalia have begun to bomb their opponents elsewhere in the region, too(17)

Middle East and Africa: The worst country on Earth

Piracy, poverty and perdition: Somalia takes our unwanted prize(3)

Meeting Somalia’s Shabab: The next jihad

Fear and beheadings in the heartland of the militants(21)

Somalia and its jihadists: A government under the cosh

None of Somalia’s neighbours is keen to ride to its rescue(12)

Jihadists attack Somalia: Al-Qaeda on the march

Barely supported by the West, Somalia’s new government may buckle under the latest wave of jihadist assaults(29)

Somalia's civil war: Just a glimmer of hope

After 18 years of strife, there is a small chance that a new Somali president and a new American one could make a fresh start(18)