Humanitarian
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2.7KAl-Shabab Takfiri group ‘seizes town in Somalia’
The town of Leego, which lies about 130 km to the northwest of the capital, Mogadishu, is in Somalia’s lower Shabelle region,...
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2.7KSomalia to Open First Journalism School in 26 Years
Being a journalist in Somalia carries both risk and reward. The risk comes from al-Shabab militants and other armed groups who have...
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2.5KIn Somali drought, women fighting sexual predators as well as hunger
A woman walks through a parched area in northeastern Somalia earlier this year. Rape is on the rise there.
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2.8KHow countries around the world try to encourage vaccination
How vaccines stop diseases like measles
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2.5KAnti-terrorism laws have ‘chilling effect’ on vital aid deliveries to Somalia
An internally displaced Somali woman receives food aid at a distribution centre in Baidoa, north-west of the capital, Mogadishu.
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1.0KA tale of two droughts: one killed 260,000 people, the other none. Why?
Internally displaced Somali women gather with their jerrycans to receive water
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1.2KMillions are on the brink of starvation in east Africa. We must act fast
Farmers give bottled water to their goats in Magadi, Kenya, in March 2017. ‘We can do something to reduce the scale and...
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1.3KWhatsApp proves harbinger of hope for Somali families on the brink of famine
A Somali woman sits with her children inside the shelter at the Al-cadaala camp in Mogadishu. Three consecutive years of drought have...
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977‘Countless lives at stake’ warn NGOs as hunger in east Africa prompts major appeal
People wait for food and water in eastern Ethiopia, 28 January. Drought has left 5.6 million people in the country in urgent...