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UK PM Rishi Sunak To Announce New Initiative For Developing Climate-Resilient Crops
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce a new science initiative to bring together work on developing climate-resilient crops as his government hosts a Global Food Security Summit in London on Monday.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Makes Surprise Visit to Somali Capital
John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Somalia on Tuesday, the first US Secretary of State to visit the Horn of Africa nation that is struggling to rebuild after two decades of war and battling an Islamist insurgency by al Shabaab militants.
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Somalia's Shebab Warn Kenyan Public of 'Long, Gruesome War'
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab Islamists threatened Kenyan citizens with "another bloodbath" today, two days after their gunmen slaughtered 148 people at a university.
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Number Of Somalis in Crisis Surges 20 Per Cent: United Nations
More than three million people in war-torn Somalia- 20 per cent more than last year- need urgent help because of malnutrition, war and other crises, the United Nations said today.
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Nothing to Celebrate as South Sudan Marks Independence
South Sudan marks its third birthday this week in a state of civil war, carved up along ethnic lines, locked in a cycle of atrocities and on the brink of famine.
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Somali Capital One Step Short of Famine: United Nations
War-torn Somalia is sliding back into an acute hunger crisis with parts of the capital facing emergency levels just short of famine, the United Nations warned on Monday.
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Ethiopia Facing Flood of South Sudan Refugees: UN
Ethiopia is facing a huge wave of refugees from South Sudan, where the spectre of famine threatens to heap further misery on a people already rocked by civil war, the UN's food aid agency warned on Wednesday.
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China to Re-Open Embassy in Somalia Closed in '91
China is re-opening its embassy in Somalia some 23 years after evacuating its diplomats as the East African nation plunged into civil war.
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Barack Obama to Name First US Envoy to Somalia in 20 Years
Turning a new page in their troubled ties, President Barack Obama is set to name the first American ambassador to Somalia since the civil war erupted over 20 years ago, a US diplomat said on Tuesday.
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UN Food Agency Rings Alarm Bell Over War-Torn Somalia
The United Nations food agency, the FAO, on Monday issued a stark warning over food security in war-torn Somalia, launching an urgent appeal for $18 million to stop hunger spreading.
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Somalia's Shebab Chief Say War 'Shifting to Kenya'
Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab vowed on Thursday to move their war to neighbouring Kenya, one of the top commanders said in broadcast urging fighters to launch attacks.
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US broke international law by killing civilians with drones, claims human rights groups
Human rights groups has accused the United States of breaking international law and perhaps committing war crimes by killing civilians in missile and drone strikes that were intended to hit militants in Pakistan and Yemen.
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Somalia's war surgeons learn skills of peace
Not yet named but much loved by watchful parents, a newly born baby boy is a small symbol of change: a birth, not a death for Somalia's key war hospital.
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Iran denies shipping arms to Islamist militants in Somalia
Iran has denied allegations that it has been supplying Islamist militants in Somalia with weapons, describing the charges as "absurd fabrications," according to a letter obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
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Somalia in Olympics: From dodging bullets to hunting medals
Running from war, dodging bullets and defying Al-Qaeda linked Islamist insurgents who ordered them to stop: Somalia's determined Olympic hopefuls have overcome challenges few other athletes could even imagine.
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UK PM Rishi Sunak To Announce New Initiative For Developing Climate-Resilient Crops
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce a new science initiative to bring together work on developing climate-resilient crops as his government hosts a Global Food Security Summit in London on Monday.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Makes Surprise Visit to Somali Capital
John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Somalia on Tuesday, the first US Secretary of State to visit the Horn of Africa nation that is struggling to rebuild after two decades of war and battling an Islamist insurgency by al Shabaab militants.
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Somalia's Shebab Warn Kenyan Public of 'Long, Gruesome War'
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab Islamists threatened Kenyan citizens with "another bloodbath" today, two days after their gunmen slaughtered 148 people at a university.
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Number Of Somalis in Crisis Surges 20 Per Cent: United Nations
More than three million people in war-torn Somalia- 20 per cent more than last year- need urgent help because of malnutrition, war and other crises, the United Nations said today.
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Nothing to Celebrate as South Sudan Marks Independence
South Sudan marks its third birthday this week in a state of civil war, carved up along ethnic lines, locked in a cycle of atrocities and on the brink of famine.
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Somali Capital One Step Short of Famine: United Nations
War-torn Somalia is sliding back into an acute hunger crisis with parts of the capital facing emergency levels just short of famine, the United Nations warned on Monday.
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Ethiopia Facing Flood of South Sudan Refugees: UN
Ethiopia is facing a huge wave of refugees from South Sudan, where the spectre of famine threatens to heap further misery on a people already rocked by civil war, the UN's food aid agency warned on Wednesday.
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China to Re-Open Embassy in Somalia Closed in '91
China is re-opening its embassy in Somalia some 23 years after evacuating its diplomats as the East African nation plunged into civil war.
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Barack Obama to Name First US Envoy to Somalia in 20 Years
Turning a new page in their troubled ties, President Barack Obama is set to name the first American ambassador to Somalia since the civil war erupted over 20 years ago, a US diplomat said on Tuesday.
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UN Food Agency Rings Alarm Bell Over War-Torn Somalia
The United Nations food agency, the FAO, on Monday issued a stark warning over food security in war-torn Somalia, launching an urgent appeal for $18 million to stop hunger spreading.
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Somalia's Shebab Chief Say War 'Shifting to Kenya'
Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab vowed on Thursday to move their war to neighbouring Kenya, one of the top commanders said in broadcast urging fighters to launch attacks.
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US broke international law by killing civilians with drones, claims human rights groups
Human rights groups has accused the United States of breaking international law and perhaps committing war crimes by killing civilians in missile and drone strikes that were intended to hit militants in Pakistan and Yemen.
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Somalia's war surgeons learn skills of peace
Not yet named but much loved by watchful parents, a newly born baby boy is a small symbol of change: a birth, not a death for Somalia's key war hospital.
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Iran denies shipping arms to Islamist militants in Somalia
Iran has denied allegations that it has been supplying Islamist militants in Somalia with weapons, describing the charges as "absurd fabrications," according to a letter obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
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Somalia in Olympics: From dodging bullets to hunting medals
Running from war, dodging bullets and defying Al-Qaeda linked Islamist insurgents who ordered them to stop: Somalia's determined Olympic hopefuls have overcome challenges few other athletes could even imagine.
