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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…
July 21, 2011
Shortly before she was hired in 2009 as the first female coach of Nigeria's powerful women's national soccer team...
July 20, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world's worst famine in a generation...
July 19, 2011
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - At least one member of his security detail was killed, several more were wounded and portions…