SOMALIA
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The politics of interventionism
We all recognise that if an international force on the scale proposed is committed to Somalia, against the opposition of the loco] warlords, …
Hunger in a bitter battle of bullets and bullies
Bickering aid agencies and rival rebel militia are all to be blamed for blocking the delivery of emergency food supplies to starving millions
Dying nation
Activist dismissed
Somalia
Dam collapse kills at least 38 in Kenya; flood situation in East Africa remains grim
Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in the last few weeks, destroying thousands of homes and displacing more than half a million people across …
Famine declared in South Sudan; about 4.9 million people in urgent need of food
The number of food insecure people can rise to 5.5 million in July if nothing is done to curb the severity and spread of food crisis
Human greed compounds nature's tragedy
The devastating famine that is killing Somalis by the thousands each week will end some day, but they may find out then that they have to deal …
The lords voice
News Snippets
Somali drought heightens risk to mothers during pregnancy and childbirth
About 607,000 pregnant women across Somalia need maternal health services to ensure a safe pregnancy and delivery
Weather imperfect
New hope for the hirola
Kenyan Somalis use the court to prevent the Wildlife Services from translocating the endangered hirola antelope
Decaying health sector is a chronic problem for Somalia
An overview of statistics shows why achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 3 target for Somalia by 2030 is critical, but far-fetched
Three million need humanitarian assistance in Somalia
The internal conflict has left about one million displaced in the country, says UN official
Online Know the pastoralists
At death's door
Around three million people are estimated to be severely food-insecure in north-eastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia. The writer looks at the …
Why pregnancy brings distress for women in Sierra Leone
A crumbling health system deters women from going to hospitals, making the West African country home to the world's highest maternal death rate
Somalia on verge of being hit by famine
About 250,000 people had died in the famine that hit the Horn of Africa in 2011
Conflict and food insecurity: Iraq only one among many
Globally, 33 countries, including 26 in Africa, are in need of external assistance due to a combination of conflict, crop failures and high …
Drought in Somalia makes civil war worse