Press Release
October 05, 2011
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The Center for Somali Peace and Justice (CSPAJ) is horrified by the heinous crime of Tuesday October 04, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia, which resulted in massive massacre, destruction and attack on innocent people.
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7/29/11
UN raises E Africa appeal to $2.48bn
Friday, July 29, 2011
Geneva - The UN raised its Horn of Africa humanitarian appeal on Friday to $2.48bn for 12.4 million drought-hit people, warning that famine could spread across the region if donors default.
Geneva - The UN raised its Horn of Africa humanitarian appeal on Friday to $2.48bn for 12.4 million drought-hit people, warning that famine could spread across the region if donors default.
More than a million children in Southern Somalia in need of lifesaving assistance
NEW YORK (July 29, 2011) — With an estimated 1.25 million children across southern Somalia in urgent need of lifesaving care and 640,000 children acutely malnourished, UNICEF calls for all actors to make saving children's lives the top priority and to urgently support all efforts to reach children in need.
7/25/11
Somalia famine: UN WFP to airlift food to Mogadishu
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| The BBC's Andrew Harding says getting aid deeper into Somalia "is very slow, very complicated and... very dangerous"" The UN World Food Programme will begin airlifting food to Somalia on Tuesday, WFP head Josette Sheeran said at crisis talks on East Africa's drought. This will be the first airlift of food aid since the UN declared a famine in two areas of Somalia last week. |
Somalia Famine Relief Poses Challenges for International Community
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Photo: AP
Photo: AP
Somalis displaced by drought wait to receive food in their makeshift camp in Mogadishu, July 23, 2011.The United Nations has urged “massive” action to save millions of people in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa region. One challenge for the international community is logistical – getting enough food to areas that need it as soon as possible.
Somalis flee famine along ‘roads of death’
DOLO, Somalia — The displaced first began coming through Dolo, just a few miles from the Ethiopian border, in March. Now, the trickle has become a flood. The new arrivals clutch small bags of clothes and other meager possessions. Their children are thin, some emaciated. Almost every child appears small for his or her age. But they are the fortunate ones: They have survived their journeys, at least for now.
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