A borehole we drilled back in 2007 was still providing water to displaced Somalis during the 2011 drought. “The humanitarian community urgently needs money to keep clean water accessible in all of the camps for Mogadishu’s displaced.” Enzo Vecchio Oxfam’s Country Director in Somalia As “World Water Day” is marked 22 March with events around...
November 14, 2026
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UN voices concern over relief access amid military assault in Somalia
By Peter Mutai NAIROBI (Xinhua) — The UN humanitarian agency on Thursday expressed concern over the access to humanitarian supplies in parts of southern and central Somalia amid ongoing military offensive by the Africa Union peacekeepers and Somali armed forces. In a statement, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said access to...
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Will return-home package see Dadaab refugees go back to Somalia?
By FRED OLUOCH A pilot programme for voluntary repatriation targeting 10,000 refugees from Dadaab camp in northeastern Kenya is set to begin in mid-April, but questions linger about the refugees being ready to return to Somalia. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has singled out Kismayu, Baidoa and Luuq as the places they consider...
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Ethiopian grain a gluten-free alternative to wheat
Wheat(left)that teff is projected to replace in the long run and quinoa(right) that it is currently replacing on the world market PHOTO Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images(left),PHOTO credit:Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images(right) Teff, a crucial food staple in Ethiopia, is gaining increased interest abroad among health aficionados seeking a nutritious, gluten-free alternative to wheat. Under a searing midday sun,...
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£90m of British aid to Somalia ‘helps Al Qaeda’: Pressure grows to divert cash back to the UK
By Tom Kelly and Tim Shipman Britain is donating more than £90million a year to Somalia despite strong warnings that its corrupt government is arming Al Qaeda-backed terrorists. David Cameron has approved the huge handouts to the war-torn East African country in an attempt to stop it becoming the next Afghanistan. But a leaked United...
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Eulogy “Baroordiiq” for Abdirazak H. Hussein at the Minneapolis Convention Center
By Faisal A. Roble On this day of February 1st, 2014 in this city of Minneapolis at such an unfriendly freezing day, where the temperature is a killer and indeed un-Somali (about -20 degrees), we are gathered here at this expansive convention center to mourn the passing away of AbdiRazak Haji Hussein. It is a...
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U.N. seeks $2 billion for Sahel, fears donor fatigue
By Misha Hussain DAKAR, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations appealed on Monday for more than $2 billion to feed and care for a record 20 million people across Africa’s Sahel belt, but aid workers said they feared donor fatigue and a weak global recovery may prevent them from reaching the target. Conflicts in...
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Ethiopia – Land for Sale
As the economy thrives, we examine the plight of Ethiopians forced from their land to make way for foreign investors. NGO’s and policy advocates say the true consequences of the land grabs are almost all negative [Reuters] Just a few decades ago, Ethiopia was a country defined by its famines, particularly between 1983-1985 when in...
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Dadaab: A place as famous as Hollywood
By MOHAMMED HUSSEIN HASSAN Its stories are carried in some of the world’s best newspapers. Influential people have visited it over the years, and journalists from different parts of the world spend years here making documentaries on life in the camp. Welcome to Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp and home to half a million...
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IFRC launches appeal to assist cyclone survivors in Somalia
Press Release: IFRC The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency appeal of 2.4 million Swiss Francs to assist 23,100 people affected by a tropical cyclone that hit Puntland State in Somalia on 10 November 2013. Heavy rainfall and flash floods followed the tropical cyclone, and caused loss of...