Somalia is enticing foreign investors to help solve its energy crisis
He knew this was no idle threat, not in a place like Somalia, in the Horn of Africa. He had lived through the unraveling of a society, some of his relatives murdered during years of civil war and anarchy. As a local journalist working for an Arab-based news channel, he had covered the fighting.
So, he fled Somalia with $250 in his pocket, a bottle of water and a pack of crackers, making his way hundreds of miles by bus and by foot to safety in Kenya.
It was 2008. He was 18 years old.
Now, Abdulkarim Jimale sits inside Marquette University
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