3 ottobre 1993: nel cuore di una Mogadiscio distrutta dalla guerra civile, una missione di una manciata di minuti si trasforma nella più grande tragedia della storia militare americana dopo il Vietnam. 18 ore di massacro, per sequestrare due dei luogotenenti di Mohamed Farrah Aidid, il famigerato "Signore della Guerra".

Nel 2009 il capitano Richard Phillips lascia la sua famiglia nel Vermont per guidare la nave porta container USA Maersk Alabama dall'altra parte del mondo. In acque extraterritoriali, il suo bastimento viene però attaccato da un manipolo di pirati somali, armati e pronti a tutto, e Phillips viene rapito, in cerca di riscatto.

In un albergo della Normandia, la biomatematica Danny si innamora della spia James prima che questi parta per la Somalia per lavorare a un progetto segreto. Quando viene rapito dai jihadisti, non ha modo di mettersi in contatto con lei. Nel frattempo, Danny si domanda il perché di questa mancanza di comunicazione e ha difficoltà a concentrarsi sulla propria missione in fondo all'oceano, dove sta conducendo ricerche su una personale teoria sull'evoluzione della specie.

1991, le ambasciate della Corea del Nord e quella del Sud in Somalia si battono perché il paese africano, in mano al dittatore Siad Barre, non aderisca all'ONU. I continui sviluppi della ribellione anti-governativa in Somalia mettono in subbuglio i diplomatici che dovranno arginare il caos regnante nel paese.

La vera storia di Waris Dirie, che inizia nei deserti africani per finire nel mondo delle top model. All'età di 13 anni fugge dalla famiglia nomade per scampare ad un matrimonio forzato. Aiutata dalla nonna a Mogadiscio, viene inviata a Londra dove diventa una serva dell’Ambasciata Somala. Questo la esclude dall'apprendimento della lingua inglese. Si guadagnerà poi da vivere con lavori umili, finchè un giorno il fotografo Terry Donaldson la convince a posare. Waris, al culmine del suo successo, trova il coraggio di raccontare la sua storia.

Il giornalista Jay Bahadur decide di rivoluzionare la sua quotidianità dopo l'incontro con un suo idolo personale e parte per la Somalia alla ricerca di una storia importante da raccontare. Riuscirà a infiltrarsi tra i pirati somali ritrovandosi a combattere per sopravvivere.

In 1993, 19 soldiers from the Royal Malay Soldier Regiment (RAMD), the most senior regiment within the Malaysian army, are sent on a dangerous mission to save 70 US Rangers trapped in the Bakara Market in Somalia during the civil war.

In questo film biografico, Dan Eldon, vivace attivista e fotogiornalista ventiduenne, segue in prima linea un rischioso intervento umanitario a favore di profughi somali.

25-year-old Karri is stuck with his life: days at a job as a guard at a shopping mall, nights out with his friends. Then Karri meets Caasha, a Somali girl about his age.

Il film mette in luce, attraverso la figura di un giovane esploratore giunto in Somalia nel 1958, la violenza morale commessa contro la dignità personale degli uomini di colore

Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places in the world and the place she was born. Civil war broke out in 1991, 10 days after Samira's birth, but two years later her family managed to flee the country and she grew up in the UK.Now, as Samira and the war both turn 21, she's going back for the first time to visit the people and places she left behind. The contrast with her safe and glamorous life in London could not be starker as she experiences firsthand the war's effect on a generation of young people growing up in conflict.

Exposing piracy in Somalia from the inside out, The Pirates Tapes follows Mohamed Ashareh, a young Somali-Canadian, as he travels to Somalia in hopes of joining an active pirate cell. Armed only with a hidden camera, Mohamed works his way into a cell run by a ruthless warlord, Jama Donyal, and is assigned to his first hijacking mission. When things take an unexpected turn, Mohamed finds himself on the run from the law with the danger of execution looming.

In one of the world's largest and oldest refugee camps, Dadaab, the inhabitans survive by watching films and dreaming. The refugees cannot leave the camp, but they let their minds escape the harsh reality: by going to the simple cinema hall run by Abdikafi Mohamed, the film's protagonist.

Ayaanle is the story of a 21-year-old Somali boy named Ayaanle living in Nairobi who aspires to become a world-famous actor. His life is turned upside down after a series of unlikely and unfortunate events force him to defy the odds for his survival.

As the first African team ever to do so, Somalia has just signed up for the Bandy World Championships. The young players don't live in Somalia; they live in Borlänge, Sweden, where xenophobia has taken hold.

Α Bengalese architect builds library boats that can bring books to people even during the monsoon season. Α Mongolian author packs two boxes full of books each summer to provide reading material to children in remote areas. Α Kenyan librarian leads caravans of camels loaded with boxes of books to the nomadic tribes bordering Somalia. Despite the heat, wind, rain or snow, they still manage their long journeys. This film about the fascinating world of mobile libraries tells of unusual means of transportation and adventurous travel, of different cultures and lifestyles, of the worries, aspirations and dreams of people in these areas – of books that change lives – and of book lovers, who take on unbelievable challenges in order to provide people in the remotest areas of the world with reading material. A film about the love of literature and the respect for knowledge that accepts no boundaries.

On October 3rd, 1993, 120 Delta Force Commandos and Army Rangers were dropped into the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was a fast daylight raid to kidnap lead terrorist Mohammed Farrah Aidid, who had been killing U.N. workers delivering food to starving Somalis. Aidid’s goal was to control the country by controlling all the food. The mission abruptly changed to a rescue operation. Surrounded by Somali militia, a fierce firefight ensued that left American troops trapped and fighting for their lives. The ordeal left 18 American men dead, 70 wounded, with 3,000 Somalis casualties. This brilliant documentary tells the true story of "Black Hawk Down" through the memories and voices of the American Special Forces survivors. Also included are Somali militiamen as they recount their harrowing experiences of battle.

Centering on the revolutionary Dervish State and its influential leader, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (the "Mad Mullah") is an epic on the grandest scale. The film follows Hassan's life from his roots as a humble mullah to a revolutionary anti-colonial leader that fought off the British Empire for more than two decades.

Journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye talk about the horrendous days in the desert, rail executions and false terror charges. They were arrested before they could report on the violence in the closed state of Ogaden. But the Ethiopian regime failed to silence them. With the help of never-before-seen video material and testimonies smuggled out of the country by a high ranking official, the whole story can finally be told. About Johan and Martin. About the violence in Ogaden. And about the prisoners of dictatorship.

The Perfect Story offers a riveting, intimate look at the ethical and moral challenges sparked by the relationship between a foreign correspondent and a young Somali refugee. By revealing the boundaries of journalism and filmmaking, the film questions what stories are told, why, and who gets to tell them.