UN says aid to Somalia won't decrease due to fraud
GENEVA (AP) - WFP said it is bringing 5,000 tons a month of food into the capital of Mogadishu to help the famine-hit nation...
UN fears dramatic rise in Somalia famine refugees
GENEVA (AP) - The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm international aid efforts...
White House announces $105 million in Africa aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Jay Carney says the money will help provide food, shelter, water, and sanitation and health services to those in need...
Obama meets with African leaders, discusses development
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - As President Alassane Ouattara meets with Obama on Friday in Washington, Ivory Coast's national reconciliation is showing both surprising promise and worrying failure...
Somali 7-month-old weighs the same as newborn
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Mihag Gedi Farah is 7 months old, and weighs as little as a newborn with the weathered skin of an old man...
UN seeks more donor help on Somalia famine
ROME (AP) - The U.N. is pressing its efforts to gather $1.6 billion in aid over the next 12 months, with $300 million of that aid coming in the next three months...
Jazz great Herbie Hancock a UN culture ambassador
PARIS (AP) -- Jazz great Herbie Hancock wants his music to build bridges between cultures, a mission...
Somali militants vow to block aid workers
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia is the most dangerous country in the world to work in, according to the U.N.'s World Food Program, which has lost 14 relief workers in the past few years...
Somali war helped turn drought to famine
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somali soldiers beat back desperate families with gun butts Thursday as they fought for food supplies in front of a weeping diplomat...
UN admits South Sudan as 193rd member
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The African nation, which gained independence Saturday, became the U.N.'s 193rd member by acclamation Thursday...
