Somalia

Countries can be added and removed from the list following regular evaluations by the US government.

Seven of the 12 countries whose nationals are banned from going to the US are in Africa.

Taiwanese are warned against traveling to Somalia or Somaliland for their own safety before the ban is lifted.

A top Somali actor is targeted in a revenge killing shortly after making a film warning about such feuds.

Alan Edwards has led operations against organised crime in Kosovo, Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia.

Heavy fighting broke out on Wednesday after al-Shabab raided the town, saying they had captured it.

Her family had not seen her for six months before she was found with a man claiming to be her husband.

Human rights journalist Abdalle Mumin spends a week in Jersey for respite after fleeing his country.