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Sir Mo Farah: From tough beginnings to one of the UK’s most successful athletes

The athlete’s track triumphs have earned him a knighthood and a place as a British household name.

The Independent UK

‘No sign of rain’: Citizens despair as drought devastates Somalia

The UN says nearly 7.1 million Somalis, almost half of the country’s population, face acute levels of food insecurity.

Al Jazeera

Women-only media start-up wants to fight stigma in Somalia

Mogadishu (AFP) - Armed with mobile phones, tripods and laptops, the crew at Bilan Media, a Somali start-up staffed entirely by women, is on a mission to break the silence around gender violence in the troubled Horn of Africa nation.

AFP

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Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?

A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis

The Guardian - UK

Global hunger toll soars by 150 million as Covid and Ukraine war make their mark

Tenth of world’s population now chronically undernourished, with spectre of widespread famine drawing ever closer, warns report

The Guardian - UK

Facing severe drought, Somalia calls for Turkish support

Somalia’s president has called for assistance from Turkey to combat the effects of severe drought that is threatening the Horn of Africa

The Independent UK

We built an algorithm to predict how climate change will affect future conflict in the Horn of Africa: here's what we found

The Horn of Africa, on the eastern coast of the continent, is currently being battered by an intense and sustained drought thanks to which around 20 million people are going hungry. And, given the ongoing armed conflict in the region – particularly in Somalia and Ethiopia – safely getting nutritious…

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Ukraine's shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid

The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises

The Independent UK

Is eastern Africa's drought the worst in recent history? And are worse yet to come?

Large areas of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are currently in the grip of a severe drought. An estimated 16.7 million people face acute food insecurity. That’s more than the combined populations of Austria and Switzerland.

The Conversation

Channel 4 News hit with Ofcom complaints and petition to remove terrorist segment

Channel 4 news has been hit with over 100 complaints from telly fans over Jamal Osman’s 'Inside Al- Shabaab' feature. Some disgruntled viewers claimed the broadcast of of 'glamorising terrorism and promoting dangerous ideologies to young audiences'

Daily Mirror

Urgent appeal for aid as Somalia slides into catastrophic famine

The United Nations humanitarian agency has called for a massive scale-up in resources to save Somalia from famine.

Radio France Internationale

Somalia: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis we’ve ever seen’

Children starving to death ‘before our eyes’ say aid workers as G7 leaders warned only ‘massive’ and urgent funding will avert famine

The Guardian - UK

No time for complacency: Somalia's unfolding famine catastrophe

Somalia is on the brink of catastrophe. A recent assessment suggests that 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now, a similar number to those affected by the Ethiopian famine in 1984, one of the worst humanitarian disasters in history. About one million people died then.

The Conversation

Vladimir Putin's war machine will see world become 'hell on earth' if not stopped

Director of the UN's World Food Programme David Beasley has warned of "frightening" food shortages that could spark widespread civil unrest in countries relying on Ukraine's wheat exports to feed their citizens

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Reuters

A Somali boy's mission to find food as climate change takes its toll

Each morning in this Somali border town, 11-year-old Bashir Nur Salat plots his day's mission behind a crooked wire fence. Armed with only a friend's yellow school shirt, a borrowed book and toothy grin, he eyes his prize through the mesh: lunch.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Somalia Grants KSrelief Medal of Honor for its Humanitarian Efforts

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Robley awarded the Medal of Honor to the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) for its distinguished efforts in providing urgent humanitarian and relief assistance in the country. The prime minister recognized KSrelief's aid to the displaced people who were affected by drought…

Reuters

Somalia security forces, residents kill 70 militants in attack, says official

Armed residents and local security forces in Somalia's Galmudug state killed 70 Al Shabaab fighters as they repulsed a raid by militants on Bahdo town on Friday, a local official said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Child Malnutrition Soars in Ethiopia as Drought Worsens

Tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia are suffering from the "most deadly" form of malnutrition as prolonged drought ravages the east and south of the country, British charity Save the Children said Thursday. Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of Africa, with a fifth also expected…

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Somali president nominates Barre as prime minister after delayed elections

Somalia's president nominated on Wednesday Hamza Abdi Barre, a former chairman of the Jubbaland state election commission, as prime minister.

AFP

Somalia to lift Kenyan khat ban as ties improve

Nairobi (AFP) - Somalia has agreed to lift a two-year ban on air shipments of khat from Kenya as part of a new trade deal, a Kenyan minister announced Friday, a further sign of rekindled ties after several years of tensions.

AFP

Dying children reflect brutal toll of Somalia drought

Mogadishu (AFP) - Arbay Mahad Qasim has already lost two children to a vicious drought, and now the Somali villager fears she could lose a third as her malnourished toddler Ifrah awaits treatment in a Mogadishu hospital.

The Independent UK

'Only God can help': Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine

No mother should have to lose her child

Reuters

'Widen gaze from Ukraine' to avert famine in Somalia, U.N. agency warns

The world must "widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine" to prevent Somalia sliding into famine, the United Nations' children's agency said on Tuesday, warning only a third of the $250 million needed to stave off catastrophe had so far been raised.

Reuters

Famine risk rises in Somalia as rains fail, food prices soar - U.N

Nearly a quarter of a million people are facing starvation in Somalia as a drought worsens and global food prices hover near record highs, United Nations agencies said on Monday.

The Conversation

Somalia's election was different: why that's not necessarily a bad thing

At the end of a tough electoral process marked by intensified violence, Somalia has a new president.

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