Residents of Mogadishu, Somalia, voted in municipal elections seen as a crucial step toward the country's first direct national polls in more than half a century, following decades of civil war and indirect voting https://reut.rs/3YHfk8r | Reuters

Yemeni refugees seek safety in Somalia, tuberculosis is running rampant in eastern Ukraine, more than 15 corpses were stolen from their graves in Peru, and Australia is developing a new shark repellent. Go behind the headlines in our VICE News capsule. | VICE News

In the latest episode of TERROR, Suroosh Alvi traces the evolution of Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group that has dominated Somalia for more than a decade. | VICE TV

We talk to the team that reported for weeks from the US–Mexico border, talking to folks who’ve spent years trying to legally cross and are hoping that a new administration means this is their time. We'll also talk to the team dispatched to Somalia, riding along with the US-trained special forces unit that’s undermanned, under-equipped, and fighting to protect the country from a massive terrorist group. | VICE News