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Article: Two foreign aid workers killed by gunman in Mogadishu
Two foreign aid workers were killed by a gunman at a Doctors Without Borders compound in Mogadishu on Thursday, according to police and medical staff at the scene. Somali security forces arrested the man, a witness told AFP, while a police...
Article: Malnourished Somali refugees seek shelter in Ethiopian camps
Ongoing fighting and famine are driving a growing number of Somalis to refugee camps in neighbouring Ethiopia. This year alone 98,000 refugees have crossed the border. By Borja Santos Porras, Dolo Odo region, Ethiopia
Article: 'The pride of a camel herder is in the numbers'
The rains have failed for several consecutive years in north eastern Kenya. Animals are dying in unprecedented numbers and their owners are staring death straight in the face. While drought is a natural disaster, some residents are...
Article: World Bank triples aid budget for Horn of Africa
The World Bank said that it is increasing funding to the war-wracked and drought-stricken Horn of Africa to $1.88 billion from more than $500 million, a generous gesture that coincides with a U.N. mini-summit on the devastated region....
Article: BLOG DAY 6 - Second visit to a refugee camp
We tried to finish our visit to the refugee camps on day 5, but didn’t manage to do that due to the distances between the camps and the long hours we stayed in each camp to investigate the refugees’ situation. On the sixth day...
Article: Aid ineffective says Somali official
Dispatches of aid to Somalia are proving ineffective announced officials on Thursday and donor efforts should focus instead on improving the country’s ability to handle crises. Famine has spread to six out of eight regions in...
Article: Cameroon battles food crisis following severe drought
For the past few weeks, northern Cameroon has been battling a food crisis. Severe weather conditions have destroyed the country's harvests and famine has spread across the far northerly regions, such as Gobo near the...
Article: BLOG DAY 3 - 'Little Mogadishu'
Shortly after my arrival in Kenya, my friend Mohamed told me that I had to visit Eastligh County in Nairobi to get a picture how Somalis were living there. People call this county 'Little Mogadishu' because there are Somalis...
Article: Somali leaders to pave the way for new government
A rare-three day conference between Somali leaders will take place in Mogadishu next week in an attempt to pave the way for a new government in the war-torn country. The UN-backed meeting will gather leaders of the Transitional Federal...
Article: Desperate Somalis resort to selling food aid for survival
After images of starving children were beamed onto television screens around the world, aid organisations and individuals swung into action to avert the problem. Within a few months, reports emerged about food donations being...
