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970Africa‘My vulva cupcakes were confiscated’: a day in the life of an anti-FGM campaigner
The vulva cupcakes that Leyla Hussein uses in her anti-FGM campaigning.
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1.1KAfricaUN calls for more aid to avoid largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years – video
World faces worst humanitarian crisis since 1945, says UN official Stephen O’Brien, the UN under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, speaks to the...
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1.6KHumanitarian‘Where is the help?’: black tea and dark despair as Somalia edges closer to famine
Empty cooking pots are seen inside a makeshift home at a settlement near the town of Caynabo in Somalia.
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935AfricaFamine warning signs were clear – so why are 20 million lives now at risk?
A woman collects grain left on the ground after a food distribution in Ganyiel, Unity State. Large areas of South Sudan have...
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1.3KDiasporaKansas town reels months after foiled mosque bombing: ‘I’m still scared’
The foiled bomb plot in Kansas that didn’t make Trump’s terror list.
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13.5K6HumanitarianCucumber seeds and beekeeping kits: the new ways to fight famine
A child at Misan camp for displaced people, on the outskirts of Mogadishu. The UN says half the population of Somalia are...
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1.1KSomaliaSuicide bomber kills dozens at market in Somalia
Blast in Mogadishu comes less than a fortnight after election of new president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed A car bomb ripped through a...
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946AfricaFamine looms in four countries as aid system struggles to cope, experts warn
Campaigners say tens of millions in urgent need in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia are in hands of an overwhelmed, outdated...
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883AfricaRights groups welcome court ruling to block Kenya refugee camp closure
Judge declares repatriation of 200,000 Somali refugees from Dadaab complex unconstitutional and discriminatory Refugees, aid workers and rights groups have welcomed a...
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1.0KPoliticsSomalis greet ‘new dawn’ as US dual national wins presidency
Former prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed promises ‘new beginning’ for beleaguered country Celebrations have erupted on the streets of Somalia after parliamentarians...