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      <title>Slow Africa drought response 'cost lives'</title>
      <description>Charities say donors ignored early warnings, leading to loss of many more lives in Horn of Africa.</description>
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      <title>UN downgrades half of famine zones in Somalia</title>
      <description>Three zones downgraded to emergency status, but aid groups warn crisis not over with four million people needing help.</description>
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      <title>UN chief in surprise visit to Mogadishu</title>
      <description>Ban Ki-moon lands in Somalia and announces plans to relocate UN's political office from Nairobi to Somali capital.</description>
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      <title>Therapy for Somalia's children of war </title>
      <description>Mogadishu centre provides traumatised children not only with food and education, but also therapy.</description>
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      <title>Abduction halts aid to Kenyan refugee camp</title>
      <description>UN suspends all non-lifesaving operations for refugees and MSF pulls out of most of Dadaab after aid workers kidnapped.</description>
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      <title>Somalia signs 'roadmap' for political reform</title>
      <description>Politicians agree on timetable to write new constitution, reform parliament and tackle insecurity and graft.</description>
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      <title>The climate gamble on African soil</title>
      <description>Environmental rights groups say internationally backed carbon capture schemes distract from real climate justice needs.</description>
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      <title>In Pictures: The other side of famine</title>
      <description>In the Dadaab refugee camp images of dignity and resilience exist alongside those of desperation and destitution.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:59:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Saving children in the Horn of Africa</title>
      <description>It's not too late to make a difference in famine-ravaged East Africa.</description>
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      <title>Back to Dadaab: is there no new story?</title>
      <description>How many times can you tell the same story of a woman who left her husband behind to save her children from famine or describe the journey entire families are forced to make on foot before readers are numbed by the sameness of it all?</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:08:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Famine in the Horn of Africa: Malthus beware</title>
      <description>In the Horn of Africa, population growth is not the main cause of famine.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ending the famine in Somalia</title>
      <description>The blame game should stop and the international community must address the situation before it gets too late. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:00:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Genocidal politics and the Somali famine</title>
      <description>The blame for Somalia's devastating famine should not be levelled at the weather, but at geopolitics and armed militia.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:26:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Journalism and the politics of hunger</title>
      <description>The struggle against starvation, violence and disease is also the struggle to understand and describe the world.
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:02:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somalia famine predictions ignored</title>
      <description>"Whenever there is an indicator of such a disaster, we must not only sit and wait for the emergency response."</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:09:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Where are the men of Dadaab?</title>
      <description>Residents of the world's largest refugee camp are mainly women and children, raising questions about the fate of men.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somali refugee community sows hope in Dadaab</title>
      <description>The boys who came as Somali refugees in 1991 now tell the stories of a new generation of refugees.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:53:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somalia to Dadaab: The journey from hell</title>
      <description>The rundown border town of Dobley is the last stop in Somalia for refugees fleeing across the border to Kenya.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:06:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somalia's children dying in record numbers</title>
      <description>In Mogadishu alone, fifteen children out of every 10,000 die each day as a result of famine and drought.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:14:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Famine spreads to sixth region of Somalia</title>
      <description>UN unit says tens of thousands, half of them children, have already died as famine conditions continue to spread.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:37:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somalia famine spreads 'beyond reach of aid'</title>
      <description>Medicine Sans Frontiere says world needs to understand aid will never reach many parts of region.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:28:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somali leaders launch reconciliation bid</title>
      <description>Three-day conference in Mogadishu aims to resolve 20 years of turmoil and set up plans for a new government.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:30:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>More areas of Somalia 'face famine threat'</title>
      <description>UN warns situation in drought-stricken southern Somalia is deteriorating, raising dangers of malnutrition and disease.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:54:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Medical efforts stepped up in Mogadishu</title>
      <description>Doctors take advantage of lull in fighting but many in Somali capital still require urgent help.</description>
      <link>http://www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2011/08/2011829143514782693.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:23:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>East Africa: 'It's because of the drought'</title>
      <description>Climate change is causing devastating droughts across East Africa - leading to an end of the pastoral way of life.</description>
      <link>http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/06/2011620123049438790.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:24:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>In Pictures: Somali refugees arrive in Dadaab</title>
      <description>The refugee camp in Kenya has become the world's largest, hosting some 350,000 Somalis fleeing drought.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:30:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Supermodel fears for 'forgotten' Somalia</title>
      <description>Somali-born fashion model and entrepreneur Iman says the much of the world has 'given up on Somalia'. </description>
      <link>http://www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2011/08/2011819115514709328.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:48:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UN makes historic Somali aid drop</title>
      <description>UNHCR airlifts drought supplies into Mogadishu for first time in five years after fighters abandon capital.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:56:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rain continues to evade the Horn of Africa</title>
      <description>UK aid to help relieve the region experiencing its worst drought in six decades as global weather patterns change.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:17:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>African Union pledges drought aid</title>
      <description>African Development Bank, alongside African nations and private donors, raise $356m to tackle worsening crisis.</description>
      <link>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/08/2011825151852285473.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:00:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>No relief for Somali refugees in Dadaab</title>
      <description>Muslims in world's largest refugee camp mark end of Ramadan with little to look forward to, as UN calls for more aid.</description>
      <link>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/08/201183010234133803.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:32:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Leaving Dadaab</title>
      <description>In the Somali border town of Dobley, our team was faced with a dilemma. We were confronted with scores of hungry people, many of whom were very weak and frail, with absolutely no one to help them.</description>
      <link>http://www.aljazeera.comhttp//blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/07/14/leaving-dadaab</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:33:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The African drought tragedy</title>
      <description>The UN refugee agency head says the humanitarian situation in Dadaab is one of the worst he has ever seen.</description>
      <link>http://www.aljazeera.comhttp//blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/07/10/african-drought-tragedy</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:48:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Turkish PM visits famine-hit Somalia</title>
      <description>Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits refugee camps and hospitals in an effort to draw world's attention to country's plight.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:34:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fighting and cholera plague Somali hospitals </title>
      <description>Hospitals in Mogadishu struggle to keep patients safe amid gunbattles, funding gaps and cholera outbreak.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:42:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somalia economy hampered by insecurity </title>
      <description>Even in government-controlled areas, many traders are too scared to start businesses.</description>
      <link>http://www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2011/08/2011820103514300503.html</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:18:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Inside world's biggest refugee camp</title>
      <description>Somalis in Dadaab aren't just fleeing the drought that has killed their livestock, but also 'blood and war'.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:13:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The road to Dadaab</title>
      <description>In areas alongside the long road, thorn scrub pricked out of the bloodshot red sand like dead grey hair on a wounded carcass.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:38:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UN calls for 'scaled-up' Somalia aid effort</title>
      <description>UN humanitarian chief says death toll from Horn of Africa drought and spreading famine will rise without urgent action.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:32:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somalia offers al-Shabab amnesty</title>
      <description>Move follows withdrawal of opposition fighters from capital, which fighters said was a "strategic step".</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:32:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Al-Shabab rebels withdraw from Somali capital</title>
      <description>Fighters pull back overnight from Mogadishu as spokesman says there would be no pull out from other regions.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:23:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama echoes East Africa's pleas for help</title>
      <description>US president calls for "international response" to famine in Horn of Africa, as Somalia appeals for more drought relief.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:25:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somali PM accuses UN of holding back aid</title>
      <description>Abdiweli Mohamed Ali says relief aid is not reaching those in need in famine-stricken Horn of Africa nation.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:07:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Red tape delays Africa aid airlift</title>
      <description>Flights carrying food for drought-stricken Horn of Africa rescheduled owing to administrative complications.</description>
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      <title>Millions in need of humanitarian aid</title>
      <description>As Kenya struggles to cope with influx of Somali refugees, estimated four million of its own citizens require food aid.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:32:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Deadly firefight over Somalia famine aid</title>
      <description>At least seven people killed as troops and residents loot lorries carrying food for refugees in Mogadishu camp.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:26:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Al-Shabab reasserts foreign aid ban</title>
      <description>Rejecting UN famine claims, opposition group says it will not allow certain support groups into drought-hit Somalia.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dadaab, the world's biggest refugee camp</title>
      <description>Desperation reigns amid the 380,000 refugees in Dadaab, a sprawling "tent city" in northeastern Kenya.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:05:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Size of crisis slows Somalia relief efforts</title>
      <description>As aid trickles in, the magnitude of the Horn of Africa drought is impeding humanitarian agencies' effectiveness.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:45:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UN declares famine in parts of Somalia</title>
      <description>United Nations says 3.7 million people "now in crisis" and more than 10 million affected by worst drought in decades.</description>
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      <title>UN in Rome talks over Horn of Africa drought</title>
      <description>UN food agency meets in Italian capital to discuss ways to increase aid into region as drought claims more lives.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:51:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>First UN aid drops reach rebel-held Somalia</title>
      <description>Medicine and food are airlifted to territory held by al-Shabab after opposition group lifts ban on foreign agencies.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:13:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kenya to open new camp on Somali border</title>
      <description>New facility with 80,000 capacity to open at Dadaab, already home to hundreds of thousands fleeing threat of starvation.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Situation dire in East African refugee camps</title>
      <description>Conditions in Dolo Aldo transit camp near Somalia-Ethiopia border "a good deal worse" than in Kenya.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:39:56 GMT</pubDate>
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