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      Thursday 20 June  
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      Two girls help prepare food for builders working to construct a school in the Wadajir district of Mogadishu in Somalia on October 21 in this photo provided by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team. The United States on Monday announced an extra $58 million in aid for Horn of Africa countries, lamenting the region's "fragile" situation with over nine million people in need.
      Bulletin: US pledges $58 mn for Horn of Africa

      Bulletin: US pledges $58 mn for Horn of Africa

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      Children play in the mountains outside of Tess, South Kordofan, Sudan, in April. Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan's conflict-torn state of South Kordofan are on the brink of famine as Khartoum keeps up a blockade on aid agencies, a new survey released Thursday said.
      Bulletin: Fear of famine stalks Sudan's South Kordofan

      Bulletin: Fear of famine stalks Sudan's South Kordofan

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      Somali farmers tend a crop in Dollow in July. Around 2.1 million Somalis still need food aid and are facing a critical situation despite a fall in the number of people at risk in the last six months, the United Nations said Tuesday.
      Bulletin: UN says 2.1 million Somalis need food aid

      Bulletin: UN says 2.1 million Somalis need food aid

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      An elderly Somali sits as other women receive food-aid at a distribution station in Mogadishu. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said that Somalia has made strides toward food security one year since its famine but the situation remains critical.
      Bulletin: Food security still a concern in Somalia: FAO

      Bulletin: Food security still a concern in Somalia: FAO

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      A Nigerien woman digs a trench intended to collect rainwater near the village of Tibiri in southwest Niger. The aim is to trap water and regenerate the terrain by planting acacia trees, in a project backed by the charity Oxfam and financed by the World Food Programme.
      Bulletin: Niger villagers in bid to break cycle of famine

      Bulletin: Niger villagers in bid to break cycle of famine

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      The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Jose Graziano da Silva, has warned of a major funding gap for activities in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa.
      Bulletin: UN food agency warns of Africa funding gap

      Bulletin: UN food agency warns of Africa funding gap

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      UN Food and Agriculture Organisation head Jose Graziano Da Silva, pictured in March 2012, appealed to oil- and mineral-rich nations to set up a fund to combat the food crisis gripping the Sahel desert region and other parts of Africa.
      Bulletin: UN food agency launches emergency Africa appeal

      Bulletin: UN food agency launches emergency Africa appeal

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      A farmer harvesting millet near Tahoua, Niger, in 2010. More than six million people in Niger need immediate help as the country faces a persistent food crisis due to drought and a number of other factors, the UN and humanitarian group Oxfam said Monday.
      Bulletin: More than six million need immediate food aid in Niger: UN

      Bulletin: More than six million need immediate food aid in Niger: UN

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      Children from the Tarna village climb on a grain silo in southern Niger in 2010. An international aid group warned Friday of a growing famine risk in West Africa, amid reports of villagers raiding ant hills to take food from the insects.
      Bulletin: Aid group heightens warnings of new Africa famine

      Bulletin: Aid group heightens warnings of new Africa famine

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      Internally displaced Somalis including Haweyo Ibrahim (right) queue at a food-aid distribution centre in the war-torn capital, Mogadishu. Ibrahim survives on meagre food aid handouts rather than return to her village, controlled by Shebab rebels who killed her husband. "Until the Shebab leave, I cannot go back," 40-year old Ibrahim said.
      Bulletin: Famine is over, but Somalia still struggles

      Bulletin: Famine is over, but Somalia still struggles

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