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August 17, 2011
OPINION - In a country where well over 80 percent of women are kept in domestic-type roles and forced to…
August 9, 2011
GENEVA (AP) - The number of people fleeing famine-hit areas of Somalia is likely to rise dramatically and could overwhelm…
August 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Jay Carney says the money will help provide food, shelter, water, and sanitation…
August 8, 2011
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Somali children could die in East Africa's famine unless more help arrives,…
August 8, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - One woman waited 1½ hours at the hospital, only to see a nurse who yelled that she…
August 8, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - While famine in neighboring Somalia has killed tens of thousands, there have been hunger-related deaths in…
August 5, 2011
VIDEO - A trip to Agogo, Ghana changed the lives of seven Broward and Miami-Dade people.
August 5, 2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somali refugees at the largest refugee camp in Mogadishu say seven people were shot dead when…
August 4, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The drought and famine in Somalia have killed more than 29,000 children under the age of…
August 2, 2011
OPINION - Proposed cuts in U.S. foreign aid would hinder America's ability to effectively assist in what has become the…
August 1, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has begun, but Somali refugees fleeing the famine in their…
July 31, 2011
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - The U.N. said this month that at least two regions in Somalia are suffering from famine…
July 30, 2011
OPINION - Today, a new challenge faces communities of color everywhere, and that challenge lies at the intersection of a…
July 29, 2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - African Union and Somali forces traded barrages of fire at a new front line in Mogadishu…
July 28, 2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Heavy fighting erupted on the line of control between the government side and territory held by…
July 28, 2011
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - On Thursday, after 23 years of hard work and a major setback, Ghana finally declared victory…
July 27, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's Somali community -- the nation's largest at an estimated 25,000 people -- is raising tens of…
July 26, 2011
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Mihag Gedi Farah is 7 months old, and weighs as little as a newborn with the…
July 25, 2011
ROME (AP) - The U.N. is pressing its efforts to gather $1.6 billion in aid over the next 12 months,…
July 25, 2011
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Police say more than 100 people have fled into Uganda after a military operation in volatile…