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UN supports Somali stakeholder discussion on Beijing Platform for Action
news UNSOM, 21 Jul 2014 (9 years ago )Mogadishu, 19 July 2014 - The Somali Ministry of Women and Human Rights with the support from the UN has today convened a review meeting to collectively discuss the progress made and challenges encountered in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) in Somalia. The Declaration ... -
Horn of Africa drought: UK charities boost Somalia aid
news BBC News, 13 Jul 2011 (12 years ago )British aid agencies are preparing to expand their activities in Somalia to help some of the 10 million people at risk of starvation in East Africa. Relief operations have been constrained by the security situation in Somalia. But Islamist militant group al-Shabab last week announced it was li... -
UN Special Representative for Somalia condemns assassination of female parliamentarian
news UNSOM, 23 Jul 2014 (9 years ago )Mogadishu, 23 July 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemned the assassination of Saado Ali Warsame, a female Member of the Somali Federal Parliament, and expressed his deep concern about the continued attacks targeting parliamentarians... -
Tents arrive for Somalia refugees
news Capital FM Kenya, 17 Jul 2011 (12 years ago )NAIROBI, Kenya, July 17- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Sunday morning took delivery of the first consignment of emergency tents destined for Dadaab refugee camp. This is the first in a series of UNHCR emergency airlift flights to bring aid to uprooted Somalis in remote re... -
Efforts turn to Ethiopia camps and Mogadishu airlift, as Horn of Africa crisis deepens
news UNHCR, 09 Aug 2011 (12 years ago )In Ethiopia, the relocation of Somali refugees from the over-crowded transit centre in Dollo Ado town to the new camp at Hilaweyn saw its fourth day on Monday. Since the start of the operation on August 5th some 4,000 refugees have been moved. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) which... -
EXCLUSIVE-U.S. to spend up to ${esc.dollar}550 mln on African rapid response forces
news Reuters, 07 Aug 2014 (9 years ago )By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The United States announced on Wednesday plans to spend $110 million a year over the next three to five years to help African nations develop peacekeeping forces that can be rapidly deployed to head off militant threats and other crises. President ... -
A Worsening Humanitarian Situation
news , 18 Aug 2011 (12 years ago )A Worsening Humanitarian Situation Somalia is at the heart of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today. Twenty years of conflict and waves of drought have uprooted a quarter of the country\'s 7.5 million people. As the region faces its most severe drought in 60 years, the Somali ex... -
UNHCR addresses alarming level of child mortality in Ethiopian camps
news UNHCR, 18 Aug 2011 (12 years ago )DOLLO ADO, Ethiopia, August 16 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that child mortality rates at a camp for Somali refugees in eastern Ethiopia have reached \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"alarming\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\... -
Kenya tourism tanks amid increasing violence
news Al Jazeera, 12 Aug 2014 (9 years ago )Mombasa, Kenya - In July, a Russian visitor was shot dead near Fort Jesus, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Mombasa's Old Town. Police ruled the killing a robbery. Three weeks later, assailants shot a German tourist at point-blank range, while she and her Ugandan travel companion were visiting Old To... -
AU soldiers 'fire on Somalia protesters'
news Al Jazeera, 11 Aug 2014 (9 years ago )At least six people have been injured and more than a dozen properties destroyed after African Union forces opened fire on demonstrators in the Somali coastal town of Marka, witnesses and officials have told Al Jazeera. "It is the second day we are been attacked by them. We are protesting because...