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Mobile phones help bring aid to remotest regions
Souktel's AidLink uses basic text messaging to help relief workers learn what's happening and give out information on where people can find aid.
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Somalia famine spreads to new region in south; warning issued on aid
The Somalia famine has spread to the Bay region, where acute malnutrition afflicts a majority of children, the UN says. Aid experts say the starving are losing the strength to reach refugee camps.
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Good Reads: Sept. 11 and Somalia famine pieces that rise above
The New Yorker's Sept. 11 coverage is a keeper, while the Globe and Mail's reporting from a Somalia famine victims' camp introduces you to one family's tragic trek toward safety. The Monitor explains how the US allegedly sent Libyan Al Qaeda suspects back to Tripoli, knowing they'd be tortured.
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World Bank steps in to help an overwhelmed Kenya
With Somalian refugees pouring in, former leaders standing trial, food prices climbing, and constitutional changes up in the air, Kenya is struggling.
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Navyn Salem manufactures success by helping to feed the world's hungry
Her nonprofit Edesia produces Plumpy'nut, a nutritious paste rich in calories and vitamins.
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Why aren't African leaders giving more for famine relief?
African leaders talk often of 'African solutions for African problems,' but the paltry $70 million pledged at an AU famine-relief conference raises questions whether this mantra is just rhetoric.
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Global Stories to Watch Today: Libya's rebels and the search for Qaddafi
It's so not all about Muammar Qaddafi, except it mostly is.
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How the US-Ugandan strategy of chasing the LRA backfires
While the Ugandan and US strategy of chasing the brutal Lord's Resistance Army leader, Joseph Kony, has produced some attrition, it has also generated a massive recruitment campaign by the LRA.
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God's provision and protection in the Horn of Africa
A Christian Science perspective: Thousands of Somalis have made their way to refugee camps in Kenya, seeking food and aid. Is there anything we can do to help?
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African musicians look to launch new 'Band Aid' to fight East Africa famine
Sara Mitaru, a Kenyan singer-songwriter, is rallying artists across the continent to raise money for the East Africa famine – and to put pressure on African governments to chip in as well.
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Ghana schoolboy launches his own Somalia famine fundraiser
An 11-year-old boy in Ghana, Andrew Adansi-Bonnah, has started his own effort to raise millions of dollars to help hungry refugees in Somalia.
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Help starving Somalia now
The worst drought in 60 years has brought 12 million people to the brink of starvation. Time is running out to avoid a large-scale disaster.
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Somalia famine: Lessons we can take away
Somalia expert Ken Menkhaus spoke with a guest blogger from the Enough Project about what policies need to change for a durable solution to the famine.
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Somalia famine could cause militant Al Shabab group to splinter
The Somalia famine has exacerbated divisions within the Islamist militant group Al Shabab, whose more pragmatic leaders want to allow Western food aid into the areas they control.
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US plans more aid for Somalia famine as Jill Biden visits refugee camp
Jill Biden visited Somalia famine refugees in Kenya today. The total aid pledged to the Horn of Africa's humanitarian crisis still falls very short of the $2.5 billion that the UN says is needed.
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Five myths about Africa
Matt Damon, listen up: After five years of covering Africa, our departing correspondent tells how his perceptions have changed about a complex continent, including why some Africans resent celebrity visits.
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Would Al Shabab agree to humanitarian corridors in Somalia?
Rep. Christopher Smith wants the US to press for 'corridors of tranquility' to get aid to famine-stricken south Somalia. But that would mean negotiating with Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab.
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Somalia's Islamists appear divided on blocking famine aid
The leadership of Al Qaeda-inspired Al Shabab claims there is no famine and that aid groups have 'hidden agendas.' But the group's field commanders appear more receptive to outside help.
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US to aid groups: Feed the starving, even if Al Qaeda gets collateral benefits
Many aid organizations pulled out of Somalia after Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab took over much of the country, partly due to concerns that US officials would prosecute them for aiding the enemy.
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Ethiopia plans ambitious resettlement of people buffeted by East Africa drought
Ethiopia sees voluntary resettlement of seminomadic peoples into villages as a longterm solution for dealing with the impact of East Africa's droughts.
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International groups accelerate effort to relieve East Africa's famine
The first UN plane in two years is scheduled to go into the Somali capital's airport Wednesday carrying food aid. Some 3.7 million people in Somalia alone need help.
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Famine in the Horn of Africa: why the world is slow to respond
Millions of lives are at stake in the drought and famine in East Africa, but aid is hampered by security concerns in Somalia and donors surprised by the severity of the crisis.
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East Africa drought reaches Kenya's electricity grid
East Africa's drought has brought down water levels at Kenya's power dams, forcing power companies to ration it. Nairobi, the Rift Valley, and western Kenya will see the worst blackouts.
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Drought and famine in the Horn of Africa
A Christian Science perspective: A former immigration official in a refugee camp shares insight on how to include in prayer those affected by drought and famine in Somalia.
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Antiterror laws could impede US aid for Somalia famine victims
Al Shabab, an Islamist group with links to Al Qaeda, controls famine-stricken regions in Somalia. The US is looking for ways to help starving Somalis while not breaking antiterror laws.
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