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International donors vow $660 million to South Sudan as millions are threatened by famine, Un estimates the country needs to almost $2 billion
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4/3/2014 2:29:44 PM
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11/1/2013 7:10:33 PM
Egypt has gone from fuel famine to glut thanks to gifts from Gulf, state oil company and foreign traders face new challenges
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5/2/2013 12:11:43 PM
Famine and severe food insecurity in Somalia claimed the lives of about 258,000 people between October 2010 and April 2012, including 133,000 children under five, according to a UN report
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6/30/2012 4:39:09 PM
Sudan has agreed to allow humanitarian aid to civilians in rebel-controlled areas of two war-torn border states where aid groups have warned of an impending famine
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5/31/2012 5:35:41 PM
A harsh US dollar famine is squeezing the world's newest nation as stalled oil production cuts off 98 per cent of state revenues
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3/21/2012 4:55:59 PM
Fears of impending famine serve to refocus international attention on simmering conflict between north, south Sudan
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3/9/2012 5:43:44 PM
An international aid group warned Friday of a growing famine risk in West and Central Africa, amid disturbing reports of villagers raiding ant hills to take food from the insects
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2/17/2012 3:23:11 PM
The UN warns that Somalia's population needs emergency aid amid growing mortality rates because of domestic turbulence caused by the Islamist Shebab fighters and Al-Qaeda, coinciding with famine zones declared earlier
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2/3/2012 4:29:29 PM
The United Nations says good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia, however the absence of continued support will most likely see the situation go backwards
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12/22/2011 3:42:21 PM
Almost 300,000 refugees have fled severe drought, conflict and famine in Somalia this year into Ethiopia and Kenya, according to UN estimates
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10/18/2011 10:32:28 AM
People in Somalia are struggling, because there is not enough food, people are sick and there is nothing for them there," said Saedo Saleh, whose son received treatment for his fever, as well as injections against measles
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10/13/2011 10:40:05 AM
Normal daily life reemerges in the Somalian capital Mogadishu following the retreat of the Islamist Shebab fighters
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9/22/2011 2:17:18 PM
Somalia's Al-Shaabab move 12,000 displaced families back into famine zones, give aid packages and promise further assistance in affected areas
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9/21/2011 12:28:09 PM
Cell phone networks and the traditional "hawala" money transfer system used in many Islamic societies would be a new ways to aid Somalia's people against famine in spite of Somalia militant's ban on foreign aids
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9/17/2011 1:03:33 PM
Somali rebel group, Al-Shabaab, bans food aid and journalists in controlled territories where 2 million people face starvation
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9/7/2011 1:43:40 PM
Tens of thousands of Somalians, fleeing famine and civil war, will be transferred to two new camps to reduce overcrowding
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9/5/2011 2:11:09 PM
Inadequate response to famine crisis places 750,000 people at risk of death in the next four months as famine spreads to a new region in Somalia, according to the UN
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8/27/2011 12:51:17 PM
There has been a jump in the number of Somalis hit by famine, instability and high food prices who are fleeing to Yemen instead of other countries in the drought-ridden Horn of Africa region
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8/24/2011 4:56:43 PM
Famine in Somalia is set to spread to two southern regions, the top UN humanitarian aid official warned
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