ETHIOPIA: Effectively Tackling Drought, Famine
15/05/2017By: Solomon Dibaba Drought-induced food shortage has been a major challenge for Ethiopia over the last fifty years. The 1973, 1984 and cyclic droughts of recent times have all been.
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KENYA: Five Die in Raging Flood
11/05/2017Five people have died in various parts of Kwale County after they were swept away by raging floods as heavy rains continue pounding the Coast region. Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya.
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Over a Million Children Flee South Sudan
08/05/2017More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan’s civil war, two United Nations agencies said Monday, part of the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis. Another 1 million South.
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Somaliland Cancels Independence Day Celebration On Account Of Drought
04/05/2017Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland declared that it has canceled this year’s celebrations of the day the region declared independence from the rest of Somalia, Somaliland Information Minister said. According to.
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Somalia Children may Suffer Acute Malnutrition due to Drought
02/05/2017Some 1.4 million children in drought-hit Somalia are projected to suffer acute malnutrition this year, 50 percent more than estimated in January, the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said in.
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Humanitarian Service Only Way Out of Yemeni Famine
26/04/2017The UN has warned that 17 million Yemenis will be in famine unless the world sends urgent humanitarian help. Antonio Guterres, the UN chief, issued a call to action.
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In drought-stricken Somaliland, families try to survive on black tea
29/03/2017By George Obulutsa and Abdirahman Hussein In a makeshift camp beside a disused airfield in the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland, 32-year old Nima Mohamed sits.
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UK Pledges Aid to Help Combat Drought in Somalia
16/03/2017By Abdi Sheikh British foreign minister Boris Johnson recently met Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, pledging aid to help combat the effects of a devastating drought, the Somali.
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Drought emergency spirals in Ethiopia amid major aid shortages
08/03/2017By Katy Migiro Millions of drought-stricken Ethiopians needing food, water and emergency medical care are not receiving it due to funding shortages, the United Nations said, warning the crisis will.
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Millions of People across Africa Need Aid Due to Drought
06/03/2017By Katy Migiro Almost 13 million people across the Horn of Africa need aid due to drought Millions of drought-stricken Ethiopians needing food, water and emergency medical care are not.
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