Horn of Africa
# horn-of-africa - Thursday 23 February, 2012
World leaders threaten sanctions over Somalia
Those who hamper the troubled state’s political progress will face serious sanctions, leaders attending today’s major international conference in London warned.
# horn-of-africa - Monday 6 February, 2012
UN: Somali famine is over, but action still needed
The UN said that long-awaited rains, coupled with substantial agricultural inputs and the humanitarian response are the main reasons for the improvement.
# horn-of-africa - Thursday 2 February, 2012
Galway man attempting to run seven marathons on seven continents… in under five days
Richard Donovan hoping to break his own record – and to help alleviate suffering in the Horn of Africa – by running seven marathons on seven continents in less than five days. Phew!
# horn-of-africa - Wednesday 18 January, 2012
Failure to respond led to thousands of needless deaths in Africa – aid agencies
“Many donors wanted proof of a humanitarian catastrophe before acting to prevent one” – Oxfam, Save the Children.
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things to know this morning…
# horn-of-africa - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
In pictures: the natural disasters of 2011
Last year saw a number of major natural disasters strike, including earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand and Turkey, volcanic eruptions in Chile and Iceland, and severe tropical storms in Asia.
# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 27 December, 2011
14 game-changing moments of 2011
These were the catalysts for some of the upheavals at home and abroad this past year…
# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
Somali militants ban 16 aid groups and UN agencies
The Islamist group has banned Concern, UNICEF, the World Health Organization and UNHCR – amongst others – from operating in the country, where 250,000 people face the immediate risk of starvation.
# horn-of-africa - Friday 23 September, 2011
Ireland increases aid for Horn of Africa famine victims
The Department of Foreign Affairs has announced a further €1 million in support for famine victims, while Bono has joined a group of celebrities calling for more action.
# horn-of-africa - Thursday 22 September, 2011
Inside Somalia: How violence is trapping the starving
As the Somali government bans foreign aid workers from militant-controlled areas for their safety, the situation deteriorates for the famine-stricken explains Oxfam’s PRO in Somalia.
# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 20 September, 2011
Somali government bans foreign workers from delivering aid
The Somali government has placed a ban on foreign aid workers delivering food to dying citizens in militant-contolled areas.
# horn-of-africa - Sunday 18 September, 2011
Tánaiste to address the United Nations General Assembly
The UNGA meets for the 66th this week with the issue of Palestinian statehood among the topics to be discussed.
# horn-of-africa - Monday 5 September, 2011
750,000 Somalis now at risk of death from famine – UN
The UN says a fourth region in southern Somalia is now suffering from famine – meaning half of the south is now in crisis.
# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 16 August, 2011
UN: Ten children dying each day at Somali refugee camp
Child mortality at a camp in Ethiopia has reached an “alarming” level, according to the UN Refugee Agency.
# horn-of-africa - Monday 15 August, 2011
WFP investigating serious food aid theft in Somalia
Families at makeshift camps say that once photographers leave, they are forced to hand over their food aid.
All sides to blame in Somali disaster, says human rights group
In its latest report, Human Rights Watch says that government troops,
# horn-of-africa - Thursday 11 August, 2011
Second airlift of Irish aid reaches the Horn of Africa
Irish Aid has delivered aid worth €8.2 million to the region. Meanwhile aid agency GOAL has criticised the UN for “reluctance” to provide peacekeepers, and has said the “international community “has no stomach to tackle terrorists”.
# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 9 August, 2011
World Food Programme begins airlifting food to East Africa
The WFP is sending 800 metric tons of emergency aid to the region, where 12 million people are suffering from hunger.
# horn-of-africa - Saturday 30 July, 2011
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UN warns famine will spread in Somalia
Somali militant have been preventing aid from reaching parts of the country suffering serious food crisis amid major regional drought.
# horn-of-africa - Thursday 28 July, 2011
Column: The UN must brave up to terrorists to get aid to Somalia
Charity GOAL’s chief executive John O’Shea says that while agencies are trying to help refugees flooding out of Somalia, some four million people are trapped inside and facing death.
# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 26 July, 2011
First consignment of Irish aid to reach Somalia tomorrow
Officials have warned that 800,000 children could die across the Horn of Africa, with the worst affected country being drought-ravaged Somalia.
# horn-of-africa - Monday 25 July, 2011
UN launches urgent appeal for donor help in East Africa
Some mothers have had to make the “horrifying choice of saving the strongest” of their children while leaving the weakest behind to die as starving families make the long, desperate trek to refugee camps, says the UN.
# horn-of-africa - Friday 22 July, 2011
Nearly 800,000 children in Somalia face immediate death
Concern video shows extent of humanitarian crisis in refugee camps as militants threatening to ban return of aid agencies not already on the ground.
# horn-of-africa - Thursday 21 July, 2011
‘It is much worse than people realise’: Mary Robinson visits Somalia
Such is the extent of the famine in parts of Somalia the US is to aid parts of the country controlled by Al-Shabab.
# horn-of-africa - Wednesday 20 July, 2011
UN declares famine in parts of Somalia
It is the first time famine has been declared in the region in 19 years amid the worst drought in six decades.
# horn-of-africa - Monday 18 July, 2011
Mary Robinson in drought stricken Horn of Africa
The former president’s visit comes nearly 20 years after her first trip to Somalia to highlight the crisis there.
# horn-of-africa - Sunday 17 July, 2011
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things to know this morning: Rehn backs us on the bailout, early details of the next Budget, and the high-octane thrills of snail racing…
# horn-of-africa - Friday 15 July, 2011
Ireland to give extra €1m in aid to Horn of Africa
Countries in East Africa are in the grip of the worst drought in 60 years, with millions facing starvation.
# horn-of-africa - Thursday 14 July, 2011
“The people here show me the graves of children”: East Africa’s drought crisis
A photo-essay from Oxfam in Ethiopia and a first-hand account from a Concern worker in Somalia paint a stark picture of the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in 60 years.
# horn-of-africa - Wednesday 6 July, 2011
Aid agencies seek urgent help to counter Africa’s worst drought in decades
Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are close to yet another famine, after their driest period in around 60 years.
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