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Fears of food shortages after Somalia floods
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Floods kill at least 31 in Somalia. UN warns of a flood event likely to happen once in 100 years
Vehicles try to maneuver through flood water caused by heavy rain, in Mogadishu, Saturday, Nov, 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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Once-in-a-century flooding swamps Somalia after historic drought, UN says
A man wades through flood waters following heavy rains in Mogadishu, Somalia November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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Worst floods in decades kill 29 in Somalia, hit towns across East Africa
Motorists drive through a flooded street following heavy rains in Mogadishu, Somalia November 8, 2023 REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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Somalia’s first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos
Shukri Mohamed Abdi and Fathi Mohamed Ahmed, journalists at Bilan Media, Somalia's first all-women media team, use a mobile to record the news inside the Bilan Media studios in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2023. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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Somalia says Russia grants relief on debt worth $684-million
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a working breakfast with heads of African regional organizations during the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg on July 27, 2023. (Photo by Valery SHARIFULIN / TASS Host Photo Agency / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TASS Host Photo Agency / Valery Sharifulin" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by VALERY SHARIFULIN/TASS Host Photo Agency/AFP via Getty Images)
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Uganda says 54 soldiers killed by militant al Shabaab group in Somalia
FILE PHOTO: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo
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Aid agencies back UN’s US$7-billion appeal for Horn of Africa crisis
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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Excessive heat from climate change is key factor in Horn of Africa drought, scientists find
TOPSHOT - A pastoralist walks with a camel carrying his goods in an area 30 kilometres from the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on January 13, 2023. - The last five rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have failed, triggering the worst drought in four decades in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. And the next rainy season, from March to May, is also expected to be below average. According to the UN, drought has plunged 12 million people into "acute food insecurity" in Ethiopia alone, where a deadly conflict has also ravaged the north of the country. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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UN calls for massive international support to Somalia
UN Sec General, Antonio Guterres, left with Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, right, in Mogadishu Tuesday April 11, 2023. U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive international support” for Somalia as he visited the East African country that is facing the worst drought in decades. (AP Photo)
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Heavy rains arrive in drought-stricken Somalia, flooding homes of thousands on the brink of famine
Somali refugees put water containers for the water distribution by French charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. - Between 400 and 500 people arrive at Dadaab every day, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, mostly driven from Somalia after five consecutive seasons of failed rains. The World Health Organization says this drought, already the worst in 40 years, could result in the deaths of 135 people in Somalia every day between January and June this year. (Photo by Bobb Muriithi / AFP) (Photo by BOBB MURIITHI/AFP via Getty Images)
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At least 21 dead in Somalia’s flash floods, says U.N. agency
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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Some in dry Somalia break Ramadan fast with little but water
Local NGO prepare Iftar food for people at an internally displaced people camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, ‎March ‎24, ‎2023. This year's holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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U.S. military kills senior Islamic State official in Somalia
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Albanian Defense Minister Niko Peleshi at the Pentagon, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Donor support helped postponed famine in Somalia, but crisis still looms: World Food Program chief
FILE - World Food Program chief David Beasley speaks to The Associated Press in the village of Wagalla in northern Kenya Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Beasley on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, has told The Associated Press that countries in the Horn of Africa have faced “unprecedented climate impact” from years of drought, and the U.N. agency had been expecting to announce famine in Somalia before donors “stepped up in magnificent ways.”. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
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Al Shabaab kills seven soldiers in attack on Somali military base
A general view of a poster of the most wanted Al-Shabab leaders at the US Embassy in Gigiri, Nairobi, on November 15, 2022. - The United States said on November 14, 2022 it was increasing its reward for information about key leaders of Somalia's Al-Shabaab to $10 million apiece, a move that follows a spate of deadly attacks by the jihadist group. The US State Department also said it was for the first time offering a reward of up to $10 million for information "leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms" of the Al-Qaeda affiliate. (Photo by Simon MAINA / AFP) (Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Somalia says it has seized key port town from al Shabaab
Somalia's Defense Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur speaks at a press conference in Mogadishu on December 21, 2022 after the arrival of the first group of Somali soldiers trained in Eritrea. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP) (Photo by HASSAN ALI ELMI/AFP via Getty Images)
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‘The brink of famine’: Drought puts an entire generation of Somalis at risk
Hanu Ibrahim (38), holds her daughter Anisu Ebow in Trocare Satiation Center in Dolow, December 11, 2022.
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Car bombs kill at least 35, level houses in central Somalia
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Militants attack hotel used by officials in Somalia’s capital
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a deserted street in front of the Presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 28, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo
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Somalia’s al-Shabab attacks military base, government forces fight back
FILE - Armed al-Shabab fighters ride on pickup trucks as they prepare to travel into the city, just outside the capital Mogadishu, in Somalia on Dec. 8, 2008. Somali authorities said Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 that Abdullahi Nadir, a top leader of the al-Shabab extremist group who had a $3 million bounty on his head by the United States, was killed Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 in a joint operation by the Somali National Army and international partner forces. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)
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African drought zones have expanded 40% since 1980s, triggering worst drought in decades, report says
Isha Kerow, left, and other Somalis displaced by drought fill jerrycans with water distributed by the Norwegian Refugee Council, on the outskirts of Baidoa, in Somalia Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. Ships loaded with grain departed Ukraine on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 despite Russia suspending its participation in a U.N.-brokered deal that ensures safe wartime passage of critical food supplies meant for parts of the world struggling with hunger such as Somalia. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
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Car bombs near busy Somalia market intersection killed at least 100, president says
A general view shows the scene of an explosion near the education ministry building along K5 street in Mogadishu, Somalia October 29, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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Somalia car bomb, shooting hits Kismayu hotel, three dead
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Al-Shabab attack kills 20, wounds 36 in town in Somalia
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - SEPTEMBER 4: Rubble lies on the floor near the site of a recent Al Shabab attack on the Hayat Hotel, seen through the window of an armoured car on September 4, 2022 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Extreme drought has destroyed crops and seen a hike in food prices, leaving 7 million people (out of a total population of 16 million) at risk of famine in Somalia. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)
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More than 20 million at risk as famine emerges in Horn of Africa
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 13, 2022 People wait for water with containers at a camp, one of the 500 camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in town, in Baidoa, Somalia. - UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned on September 5, 2022 that Somalia was "at the door of famine" after being hit by four failed rainy seasons that has caused a devastating drought. "Famine is at the door and we are receiving a final warning," Griffiths said at a press conference in Mogadishu, saying famine was likely in two areas in south central Somalia between October and December this year. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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More than 50 million people in East African region will face acute food insecurity this year, regional bloc says
Somalis who fled drought-stricken areas receive charitable food donations from city residents after arriving at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, June 30, 2022. The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises and Somalia is perhaps the most vulnerable as thousands die of hunger amid the driest drought in decades. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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British police open investigation after Olympian Mo Farah said he was a child trafficking victim
FILE PHOTO: Athletics - British Athletics Championships - Manchester Regional Arena, Manchester, Britain - June 25, 2021 Britain's Mo Farah before the Men's 10,000m Action Images via Reuters/Molly Darlington
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Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was taken to Britain using another child’s name
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Mo Farah reacts after the Men's 10,000m at British Athletic Championships on June 25, 2021 as he fails to qualify for the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics Action Images via Reuters/Molly Darlington
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Ukraine’s shadow: War has drawn millions in aid away from other humanitarian crises
Somalis who fled drought-stricken areas receive charitable food donations from city residents after arriving at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, June 30, 2022. The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises and Somalia is perhaps the most vulnerable as thousands die of hunger amid the driest drought in decades. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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Hundreds die in Somalia as region faces famine amid historic drought conditions
Somalis who fled drought-stricken areas walk next to a cluster of makeshift shelters at a camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, June 4, 2022. Deaths have begun in the region's most parched drought in decades and previously unreported data show nearly 450 deaths this year at malnutrition treatment centers in Somalia alone. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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Millions face severe hunger in Horn of Africa amid ongoing drought concerns, UN agencies warn
FILE PHOTO: A woman collects grain at a camp for the Internally Displaced People in Adadle district in the Somali region, Ethiopia, January 22, 2022. Claire Nevill/World Food Programme/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT./File Photo
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Agencies make urgent calls for aid as hunger spreads in Somalia
Civilians gather outside their makeshift shelters at the Kaxareey camp for the internally displaced people in Dollow, Gedo region of Somalia May 24, 2022. Picture taken May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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The worst drought in decades in the Horn of Africa could trigger mass starvation
Robert Rotberg
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Reversing Trump’s decision, Biden signs an order to deploy U.S. troops to Somalia
People look at destroyed shops in Mogadishu's Lido beach, Somalia, Saturday, April, 23, 2022, after a bomb blast by Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels hit a popular seaside restaurant killing at least six people. Ambulance service officials say the explosion occurred Friday evening when many patrons gathered for an Iftar meal to break the Ramadan fast. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)