Somalia Food Crisis

The Somali Famine, Despair and Resilience

Sadia Ali Aden | Posted 02.12.2012

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Sadia Ali Aden

As the plane started to lose altitude and the images on the ground began to form into shape, I was stirred with nostalgic feeling triggered by the familiar soil and landscape.

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Leveraging Short-Term Relief for Long-Term Gains in Garbatulla, Kenya

Nan Dale | Posted 11.30.2011

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Nan Dale

As I watched women gather around earth pan with their empty jerrycans only to find dirty, silt-laden water unfit for cooking, washing or drinking, I knew we had to find an immediate solution.

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War, Corruption Turned Somalia's Drought Into Gruesome Famine

AP | ABDI GULED and KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 09.20.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali soldiers beat back desperate families with gun butts Thursday as they fought for food supplies in front of a weeping...

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Pope Urges International Community To Help Somalia

AP | Posted 09.16.2011

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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI urged the international community on Sunday to move quickly to aid hundreds of thousands of people fle...

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U.S.: Somalian Famine One Of Largest Humanitarian Crises In Decades

Posted 09.14.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — East Africa's worsening famine is one of the largest humanitarian crises in decades, a U.S. State Department official said Fri...

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