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06 Sep 2011 14:11 GMT
Politicians agree on timetable to write new constitution, reform parliament and tackle insecurity and graft.
Sumayya Ismail 17 Sep 2011 12:55 GMT
Environmental rights groups say internationally backed carbon capture schemes distract from real climate justice needs.
Azad Essa 29 Aug 2011 13:59 GMT
In the Dadaab refugee camp images of dignity and resilience exist alongside those of desperation and destitution.
Iman 31 Aug 2011 11:48 GMT
It's not too late to make a difference in famine-ravaged East Africa.
Azad Essa 31 Aug 2011 13:08 GMT
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?
William G. Moseley 23 Aug 2011 09:19 GMT
In the Horn of Africa, population growth is not the main cause of famine.
Afyare Abdi Elmi 18 Aug 2011 07:00 GMT
The blame game should stop and the international community must address the situation before it gets too late.
Abdi Ismail Samatar 30 Jul 2011 09:26 GMT
The blame for Somalia's devastating famine should not be levelled at the weather, but at geopolitics and armed militia.
Dan Hind 27 Aug 2011 15:02 GMT
The struggle against starvation, violence and disease is also the struggle to understand and describe the world.
Isaiah Esipisu 22 Jul 2011 12:09 GMT
"Whenever there is an indicator of such a disaster, we must not only sit and wait for the emergency response."
Azad Essa 21 Jul 2011 16:28 GMT
Residents of the world's largest refugee camp are mainly women and children, raising questions about the fate of men.
Azad Essa 17 Jul 2011 06:53 GMT
The boys who came as Somali refugees in 1991 now tell the stories of a new generation of refugees.
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The rundown border town of Dobley is the last stop in Somalia for refugees fleeing across the border to Kenya.
Azad Essa Last Modified: 14 Jul 2011 09:06 GMT
In Mogadishu alone, fifteen children out of every 10,000 die each day as a result of famine and drought.
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2011 16:14 GMT
UN unit says tens of thousands, half of them children, have already died as famine conditions continue to spread.
Last Modified: 05 Sep 2011 11:37 GMT
Medicine Sans Frontiere says world needs to understand aid will never reach many parts of region.
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2011 06:28 GMT
Three-day conference in Mogadishu aims to resolve 20 years of turmoil and set up plans for a new government.
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2011 20:30 GMT
UN warns situation in drought-stricken southern Somalia is deteriorating, raising dangers of malnutrition and disease.
Last Modified: 03 Sep 2011 09:54 GMT
Doctors take advantage of lull in fighting but many in Somali capital still require urgent help.
Last Modified: 29 Aug 2011 17:23 GMT
Climate change is causing devastating droughts across East Africa - leading to an end of the pastoral way of life.
Andrew Wander Last Modified: 22 Jun 2011 11:24 GMT
The refugee camp in Kenya has become the world's largest, hosting some 350,000 Somalis fleeing drought.
Al Jazeera staff Last Modified: 08 Jul 2011 16:30 GMT
Somali-born fashion model and entrepreneur Iman says the much of the world has 'given up on Somalia'.
Last Modified: 19 Aug 2011 13:48 GMT
UNHCR airlifts drought supplies into Mogadishu for first time in five years after fighters abandon capital.
Last Modified: 08 Aug 2011 18:56 GMT
UK aid to help relieve the region experiencing its worst drought in six decades as global weather patterns change.
Steff Gaulter Last Modified: 04 Jul 2011 11:17 GMT
African Development Bank, alongside African nations and private donors, raise $356m to tackle worsening crisis.
Last Modified: 25 Aug 2011 16:00 GMT
Muslims in world's largest refugee camp mark end of Ramadan with little to look forward to, as UN calls for more aid.
Last Modified: 31 Aug 2011 03:32 GMT
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.
Last Modified: 15 Jul 2011 14:33 GMT
The UN refugee agency head says the humanitarian situation in Dadaab is one of the worst he has ever seen.
Last Modified: 11 Jul 2011 04:48 GMT
Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits refugee camps and hospitals in an effort to draw world's attention to country's plight.
Last Modified: 19 Aug 2011 11:34 GMT
Hospitals in Mogadishu struggle to keep patients safe amid gunbattles, funding gaps and cholera outbreak.
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2011 17:42 GMT
Even in government-controlled areas, many traders are too scared to start businesses.
Last Modified: 20 Aug 2011 11:18 GMT
Somalis in Dadaab aren't just fleeing the drought that has killed their livestock, but also 'blood and war'.
Last Modified: 09 Jul 2011 04:13 GMT
In areas alongside the long road, thorn scrub pricked out of the bloodshot red sand like dead grey hair on a wounded carcass.
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2011 21:38 GMT
UN humanitarian chief says death toll from Horn of Africa drought and spreading famine will rise without urgent action.
Last Modified: 18 Aug 2011 05:32 GMT
Move follows withdrawal of opposition fighters from capital, which fighters said was a "strategic step".
Last Modified: 09 Aug 2011 19:32 GMT
Fighters pull back overnight from Mogadishu as spokesman says there would be no pull out from other regions.
Last Modified: 06 Aug 2011 06:23 GMT
US president calls for "international response" to famine in Horn of Africa, as Somalia appeals for more drought relief.
Last Modified: 30 Jul 2011 11:25 GMT
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Drought statistics

More than 12 million people are affected in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Sudan and Uganda

Nearly half of Somalia's population is facing a humanitarian crisis - almost 3.7 million people

Famine has been declared in two regions of southern Somalia: southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle

1 in 3 children in southern Somalia are malnourished

Over $1bn has been committed but a further $1bn is still required to save thousands of lives

Source: OCHA