Somali capital Mogadishu is struggling to find means to survive as the number of people seeking refuge here in a desperate attempt to escape famine and conflict, is estimated to be more than 20,000, according to a UNHCR, report.
Amrutha Gayathri
Jul 26, 2011
A look into the socio-political conditions that birthed Anders Breivik
Daniel Tovrov
Jul 25, 2011
The worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, according to a United Nations report.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 25, 2011
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said long-term efforts to boost food security in the Horn of Africa must accompany the emergency aid to those affected by the drought-related hunger.
Laura Matthews
Jul 25, 2011
The U.N. said it will commence airlifting food to famine-stricken Somalia on Tuesday.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 25, 2011
Islamist extremist group Al-Shabab has said that international agencies it had banned from its territory would not be allowed to return to help the Somali population with aid for the famine.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 23, 2011
“Those who have been involved in war crimes or crimes against humanity will find no haven on our shores,” said Immigration Minister Jason Kenney in Toronto.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 22, 2011
The UN declared on Wednesday that famine now exists in two regions of southern Somalia, which have the highest malnutrition rates in the world. You can help by donating time and money to worldwide organizations like UNICEF, The Red Cross and the World Food Program (WFP), or through Facebook and Twitter.
Mark Johanson
Jul 21, 2011
The United Nations has officially declared that there is a famine in Somalia.
Daniel Tovrov
Jul 21, 2011
The United Nations declared famine in two regions of Southern Somalia on Wednesday and warned that it could spread further in two months until donor countries stepped in.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 21, 2011
Millions of people across Somalia are suffering from drought and famine, but you can help by donating to aid agencies working to bring supplies to the Horn of Africa.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 20, 2011
50 percent of camels have died in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa country Somalia. This is the worst drought the region has seen in over half a century.
Mark Johanson
Jul 20, 2011
With no improvement in the overall food security conditions expected before early 2012, about a million of children in drought-ridden Horn of Africa are at the risk of dying from malnourishment.
Sanskrity Sinha
Jul 18, 2011
Scientists are using the U.S. and Australian navies to fight off threats from Somali pirates.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 15, 2011
amas authorities in Gaza have arrested a male hairdresser for cutting a woman's hair, according to a report on BBC.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 06, 2011
A boat traveling between Sudan and Saudi Arabia caught fire, killing most of the refugees on board.
Daniel Tovrov
Jul 06, 2011
A Somali terror suspect captured and interrogated by the U.S. military in the Gulf of Aden will face a federal indictment in New York, placing the man at the center of an ongoing debate about how and where to try terror suspects.
Jeremy White
Jul 06, 2011
Almost 200 illegal African migrants have drowned to death when their boat sunk in the Red Sea off the Sudanese coast, according to Sudan’s media.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 05, 2011
Around 10 million people total in the Horn of Africa will need food aid as a result of a massive drought.
Daniel Tovrov
Jul 05, 2011
Britain has pledged to offer £38-million ($61-million) to Ethiopia in order to feed more than one million people who have been devastated by a severe drought.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 03, 2011
UN refugee camps are at capacity all over eastern Africa. But Somalis keep fleeing their country headed to Kenya, Ethiopia and elsewhere.
Daniel Tovrov
Jul 02, 2011
Overcrowding sparked a riot at a massive refugee camp in Kenya.
Daniel Tovrov
Jul 01, 2011
