Somalia Famine

How Somalia's Famine Aid Went Astray

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 05.17.2012

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A large amount of food sent by the U.N. to the Somali capital during last year's famine never reached the starving people i...

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50 Cent Visits Famine Victims In Somalia, Kenya

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Rapper 50 Cent is teaming up with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya. The rap ...

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Somali MIlitant Group Permanently Bans Red Cross Famine Aid

AP | By KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 01.31.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major aid group because they say the organization is distributing spoile...

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Report: Thousands Of People Died Needlessly In East Africa Hunger

AP | By KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 03.19.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Thousands of people died needlessly and millions of dollars were wasted because the international community did not respond fast eno...

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2011 in Review

Shan Wells | Posted 02.27.2012

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2011 will long be remembered as the flip side of 2008, as it hosted a GOP pre-season primary every bit as tough as the famous Clinton/Obama duel, but much sillier.

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2011: A Civil Liberties Year in Review

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.26.2012

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All in all, it's been a mixed bag of a year, but on the civil liberties front, things were particularly grim.

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The Somali Famine, Despair and Resilience

Sadia Ali Aden | Posted 02.12.2012

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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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U.N. Seeks $1.5 Billion For Somalia

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 02.12.2012

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RAS KAMBONI, Somalia — Kenyan troops and their Somali allies say they will push deeper into insurgent-controlled territory in Somalia now that r...

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Famine in East Africa: It's Not Over Yet

William F. Schulz | Posted 01.30.2012

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Reasonable as it may be to pause for a moment to celebrate progress, it is critically important to keep in mind that that perfect storm has far from abated and now threatens to sweep up two more countries in its tumultuous wake.

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Have U.S. Counterterrorism Policies Contributed To The Crisis In The Horn Of Africa?

Posted 11.29.2011

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When Al Jazeera's staff met Ibrahim Aden in Kenya's Dabaab refugee camp, he had just lost his one-year-old son. Five days earlier, he had buried anoth...

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Al Shabab's Ban Of Aid Workers Will Bring Disaster, Groups Warn

AP | MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED | Posted 01.29.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Aid workers and Somali residents expressed outrage Tuesday, a day after the militant group al-Shabab banned 16 aid groups from ...

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Many Somali Famine Victims Afraid To Return Home

AP | By JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 11.26.2011

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DOLO, Somalia -- Lush patches of green dot this once-barren land, allowing goats and camels to graze. A nearby field is full of large, purple onions t...

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Famine That Killed Tens Of Thousands Will Persist Until December

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 01.18.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The number of famine zones in Somalia was cut in half Friday, as U.S. and U.N. food agencies said aid had reduced death rates. ...

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PHOTOS: Somalia Famine Baby Back From Brink Of Death

AP | By KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 01.09.2012

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By KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya -- As Minhaj Gedi Farah lay silently on a hospital bed three months ago, even his mother had ...

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Which MAJOR World Crisis Are Will And Kate Donating Efforts To?

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

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By Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have packed United Nations emergency supplies in Denmark to ...

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Climate Change and Food Security: Out of the Mouths of Babes

Kelly Rigg | Posted 12.16.2011

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If you've ever looked at grocery store labels (grapes from Chile, apple juice from China, rice from Thailand) you know the global food supply system is complex. With climate change, there will be winners and losers.

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The F Word: Famine is the Real Obscenity

Bono | Posted 12.03.2011

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The food crisis in the Horn of Africa is nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe, but it is getting less attention than the latest Hollywood break-ups and make-ups.

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High Taxes Hastened Devastating Famine

AP | By ABDI GULED and KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 12.01.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The withdrawal of Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebels from their bases in Mogadishu and severe food shortages in southern Somalia m...

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Do Muslims Really Care About Somalia?

Akbar Ahmed | Posted 11.30.2011

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There is never a dearth of funds for magnificent mosques, but when it comes to alleviating the mass starvation of a people, Muslims are coming up short.

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WATCH: Iman Reveals What Moves Her Most

Posted 11.29.2011

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How does Iman define success? HuffPost Women and Laura Brown, Features/Special Projects Director of Harper's Bazaar, sat down with the supermodel at t...

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The Somali Famine: Where Are the Bad Guys When We Need Them?

Mary Anne Mercer | Posted 11.28.2011

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The looming deaths of hundreds of thousands of Somalis from famine and disease should be on everyone's mind. What kind of a world allows this level of mass suffering?

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UN Says Food Assistance Reaches Half Of Somalis In Need

AP | Posted 11.28.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.N. on Wednesday said food assistance has reached nearly half the Somalis in need, though it warned cases of diarrhea and ...

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Food Crisis in East Africa: Exclusive Report From My Oxfam Trip

Scarlett Johansson | Posted 11.26.2011

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Several months ago I came across an article about a refugee camp that profoundly struck me. Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in the world, was declared full occupancy in 2008, but has received between 600 and 1,500 Somali refugees daily since.

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Somalia: History, Humanity and Hope

Tomekia Lynn Strickland, M.D. | Posted 11.21.2011

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Learning of the famine in Somalia left me searching for a better understanding as to how the famine developed and how mass starvation could still exist in modern society.

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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

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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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