Djibouti

Why We Need Tougher Laws Against Female Genital Mutilation

Voice of America | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Mali, World Health Organization, Gambia, Togo, Sudan, Female Genital Mutilation, Elise Johansen, Day of Zero Tolerance, United Nations, Somalia, Fgm, Djibouti, Impact News

United Nations, international and human rights organizations are calling for an end to female genital mutilation and appealing for tougher legislation...

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Bwana Uncle Sam

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: France, China in Africa, Ethopia, Mogadishu, US-Africa-Command, Kenya, Somalia, Pipelines, Djibouti, Shebab, World News

Having finished off former ally Muammar Gaddafi, the Pentagon, its new Africa Command, and CIA are now focusing on East Africa. In fact, Africa is hot.

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Thailand's New Rice Policy Could Lead To International Food Price Crisis, Analysts Warn

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Food Production, Usaid, Thailand, Central America, Somalia Famine, East Africa, Fews Net, Djibouti, High Food Prices, Famine, East Africa Famine, Africa, Haiti, West Africa, Somalia, Famine in Africa, Food Prices, World News

A program sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is warning of a possible spike in international rice prices, a d...

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Help Somalia When Mother Nature Can't

Clay Aiken | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Children, Africa, Unicef, Somalia, Somalia Famine, Horn of Africa, Djibouti, Clay Aiken, Somalia Drought, Kenya, Ethiopia, World News

With rising fuel and food prices, and drought, added to an already dire humanitarian situation, it seems that Mother Nature is kicking the people of Somalia while they are down.

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Sudan Faces an Earthquake

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gen. Omar El-Bashir, Darfur, Ethopia, Evangelical Missionaries, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan Oil, Sudanese Christians, Sudan, Djibouti, Uganda, Nile Waters, South Sudan, World News

A political earthquake may be about to rock Sudan and send tremors across Africa.

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Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens

Mike Arkus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Congo, Ethiopia, Travel News

Now I'm not saying Africans don't like being photographed. Lots of them do and are anyway very gracious when they don't. But here are a few experiences on a recent trans-continental trip.

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Nicole Krauss, Lynd Ward And 'Trash'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nicole Krauss, Elmore Leonard, Book Review Roundup, Lynd Ward, Trash Andy Mulligan, Yiyun Li, Nothing Happens Until It Happens to You, Great House, Gold Boy Emerald Girl, Book Review, Djibouti, Books News

"Djibouti" by Elmore Leonard The New York Times: "Neither Dara, Xavier nor, apparently, Mr. Leonard is exactly sure what opportunities Djibouti will ...

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Military Still Fumbling Humanitarian Projects

Dan Madden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Foreign Aid, Yemen, Africom, Counterterrorism, Horn of Africa, Gao, Tom Ricks, Irregular Warfare, Djibouti, World News

The U.S. military has been conducting development-like activities in Africa regularly since 2002 -- and we're still building white elephants.

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Fleeing to Djibouti: The Life of Somali Refugees

Jim Selman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Uganda, Mogadishu, Unicef, Al Shahab, Somalia, Resettlement, Integration, Sudan, Djibouti, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Kenya, Refugees, Eritrea, Al Quaeda, Ethiopia, Healthy Living News

According to Ann Encontre, UNHCR representative in Djibouti, southern Somalia and Mogadishu have been relying on local food supplies since WFP withdrew its food aid program in January this year.

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The Perils of Intervening in Somalia

Nicole Stremlau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Al-Shabab, Minnesota, Islamic Courts Union, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Mogadishu, US Foreign Policy, Pirates, Djibouti, Abdullahi Yusuf, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia Pirates, Somali Pirates, World News

International collaboration and mutual understanding are key, as Somalia's concerns are best addressed from a Somali perspective.

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Somalia Update Five

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Ethiopia, Al-Shabab, Mogadishu, Somalia Ethiopia, Somalia, Al-Qaeda, Baidoa, Djibouti, World News

The Horn of Africa looms as the next Afghanistan. It's time for our new President to take a hard look.

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Doing the Right Thing in Somalia

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Russ Feingold, Uganda, Rendition, Islam, Cia, War on Terror, Africa, Politics, Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, United Nations, US Foreign Policy, Al Shabab, Ethiopia, World News, Union of Islamic Courts, Hillary Clinton, Somali Pirates, African Union, Terrorism, Djibouti, Burundi, Barack Obama, US Somalia, Un Somalia Peacekeepers, US Foreign Relations, Uic, Un Peacekeepers, Ban Ki-Moon, Humanitarian Crisis, World News

An international stabilization force may well be what is needed in Somalia, but the tough groundwork will have to be laid first. And for this, the Somali people must be on board.

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