Somalia

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Somalis move a man wounded in a suicide blast at the Somali National Theater in Mogadishu, Somalia, on April 4, 2012. The blast killed at least 10 people, including two of the country's top sports officials, officials said. (Associated Press)

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The dusty streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, are part of the crumbling infrastructure the government is neglecting, despite $58 million in revenue last year. A report by a former Somali government official says that while tens of thousands were suffering and dying from famine, the U.N.-backed Somali government spent only $1 million on social services last year. (Associated Press)

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Kenyan soldiers have turned their image from inexperienced invaders into a pivotal presence in the fight against al-Shabab terrorists in Somalia. The combined forces of Kenyan and African Union troops have taken control of 80 percent of the Gedo region. (Associated Press)

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A Somali villager talks to Kenyan soldiers, who crossed the border after abductions and grenade attacks inside Kenya were linked to the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab in Somalia. (Associated Press)

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On adjoining screens, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha (right), the commander of African Union forces in Somalia, speaks on a video teleconference from Mogadishu with Col. Cyrus Oguna of the Kenyan military in Nairobi. (Associated Press)

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the London Conference on Somalia at Lancaster House in London on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)

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British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Somalia Conference at Lancaster House in London on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)

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Al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, in February 2011. Over the past year, al-Shabab has lost much of the territory it held. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Children line up Jan. 19, 2012, to receive a meal at a food distribution center for those displaced by last year's famine or by conflict, in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Associated Press)

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President Obama, with first lady Michelle Obama, immediately after his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night at the Capitol, tells John Buchanan that Navy SEALs had rescued his daughter, Jessica Buchanan, and Poul Hagen Thisted of Denmark from a camp in Somalia. Ms. Buchanan, 32, and Mr. Thisted, 60, were working for the Danish Refugee Council when they were taken hostage in October.

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President Obama, with first lady Michelle Obama, immediately after his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night at the Capitol, tells John Buchanan that Navy SEALs had rescued his daughter, Jessica Buchanan, and Poul Hagen Thisted of Denmark from a camp in Somalia. Ms. Buchanan, 32, and Mr. Thisted, 60, were working for the Danish Refugee Council when they were taken hostage in October.

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President Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, makes a phone call Jan. 24, 2012, from the Capitol immediately after his State of the Union Address, informing John Buchanan that his daughter Jessica was rescued by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Somalia. (Associated Press/White House)

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A displaced Somali woman walks past an armored vehicle of an African Union peacekeeping force that was transporting journalists in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Residents walk outside of the compound of aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Dec. 29, 2011. A disgruntled former employee shot at least two international workers from the group at the group's office earlier that day, a security guard said. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, a Somali government soldier provides security for visiting media near Dolo in Somalia. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)

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U.S. Marines board a C-5 transport plane bound for Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, at Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1994 as the U.S. military's presence in Somalia winds down. By then, more than a year after entering the country, 44 Army soldiers, Marines and airmen had been killed and dozens more wounded.