Category: Africa

Children Abandoned On Roadsides

Desperate Somali mothers are abandoning their dying children by the roadside as they travel to overwhelmed emergency food centres

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UN Declares Famine In Somalia

The UN officially declared famine in two southern Somalia regions Wednesday as the world slowly mobilised to save 12

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Global Effort Needed In Africa

Britain's aid secretary has urged the global community to help people in drought-hit east Africa avoid a "catastrophe". It comes

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Rudd Pledges Aid For Africans

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has announced Australia will contribute more than $11 million to help African drought victims. The

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Somalia Drought “Worst Disaster”

Doha, Qatar — The head of the United Nations refugee agency has described the situation in drought-hit Somalia as

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At Least 29 Dead In Nigerian Floods

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigerian emergency authorities say at least 29 people have died in weekend floods in two cities

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Volcanic Ash Turns Moon To Blood

The moon turns red during total Lunar Eclipse of the moon seen in Nairobio, Kenya, June 15, 2011. Asian and

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Storm Brings Down UN Jet

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Thirty-two people died when a UN plane crashed as it tried to land in torrential

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Earth Hour Circles The Globe

Hundreds of landmark buildings and millions of ordinary homes have switched off their lights as the annual Earth Hour

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Congo: 50 Mil. Without Clean Water

An estimated 51 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - or three quarters of the

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