BBC: US to allow Somalis to sue ex-PM
The US Supreme Court rules that a former Somali prime minister can be sued over claims of torture and extrajudicial killings. The Court found that the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not protect individual defendants as opposed to foreign governments.

For background of case, see:   Today-Supreme Court hears oral argument in Samantar v. Yousef–Somalia and Somaliland Torture Case