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Somalia under threat of a second famine

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It has only been a month since the United Nations announced that the famine was over in Somalia...
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50 Cent visits famine victims in Somalia, Kenya

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Rapper 50 Cent is teaming up with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya...
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Obama OKs emergency aid for Africa famine

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is announcing an additional $113 million in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa...
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Famine downgraded in some areas of Somalia

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The number of famine zones in Somalia was cut in half Friday, as U.S. and U.N. food agencies said aid had reduced death rates...
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Starving Somalian baby brought back from brink of death

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - As Minhaj Gedi Farah lay silently on a hospital bed three months ago, even his mother had given up hope that the skeletal Somali baby would live...
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Black stars on sidelines of Somalia famine fight

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theGRIO REPORT - Would it be too far-fetched to imagine a coalition of African-American celebrities united as a voice for the women and children in the Horn of Africa who are too weakened by malnutrition to speak in a loud voice?..
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Somalia has world's highest infant mortality rate

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The U.N. says Somali children are more likely to die before they turn 5 than those in any other country in the world.
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Senegalese singer Ndour calls for more famine aid

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DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour says African artists should take the initiative to help families affected by famine in the Horn of Africa...
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Somalia's refugees celebrate holiday with food aid

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DOLO, Somalia (AP) - Eid al-Fitr is traditionally celebrated with grand feasts in which delicacies are in abundance after fasting during the month of Ramadan...
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African Union pledges $380 million for famine aid

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - "This is what we pledged today, it is new money and exclusively African," said AU chairman Jean Ping...
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