I will Knock Doors For You Rawlings Tells Emaciated Somali Mothers
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 01:07:54
In his assessment entourage Rawlings visited camps of drought-displaced families in Mogadishu meeting helpless faces of hunger and starvation.
UK:Hacking: James Murdoch Accused Of Misleading MPs
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 04:21:30
James Murdoch has been accused of misleading Parliament over his knowledge of the extent of phone hacking at the News Of The World (NOTW).
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 04:13:36
Al-Shabab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamoud Rage said Thursday the United Nations' declaration of famine in Somalia is “100% false and propaganda.”Rage said there is a drought in the region but denied the lack of rain had led to widespread hunger. He said the U.N. was using reports of the crisis for political reasons.
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 04:07:30
"The situation in Somalia is critical. At one of our feeding sites in Mogadishu, where we are supplying food for hot meals, I met a woman who had lost children as they trekked out of the famine area in search of food,"
Letters: Perspectives on famine in East Africa, from The Independent newspaper.
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 03:58:14
Somalia is starved of food, and peace
Your report, "Famine victims to get UN aid as Somali militia backs down" (18 July) has major implications for the aid-delivery strategy to starving populations but also potentially for a new political consensus within Somalia.
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 03:49:12
Two more patients have died at a Stockport hospital where a contaminated saline solution was found.Police said 83-year-old Derek Weaver died on Thursday morning and a woman, 84, died on 14 July.
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 03:42:11
The US has said it will send aid to famine-hit areas of Somalia controlled by the Islamist group al-Shabab.But US aid officials say assurances must be given that the insurgents will not interfere with its distribution.
US, UN warn of 'acute urgency' over Somalia famine
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 03:18:49
The United States and the United Nations stressed Thursday the "acute urgency" of the severe drought spreading through east Africa, after the world body declared a famine in southern Somalia.
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 03:11:01
Does it somehow legitimise to the international community that the Somalis are in real need of food and haven't been arbitrarily dying all along?
Desperate plight of famine-hit refugees in Somalia
Posted by admin on July 22 2011 02:38:06
Watch the film @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14244186
Over 3.5 million people - almost half the Somali population - are now facing severe food shortages.
