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  • Millions in East Africa pushed 'towards severe hunger and destitution' - Oxfam 25 Jul 2008 07:35 GMT
    ... millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Djibouti and Kenya are fast being pushed "towards severe hunger ... hunger and destitution". Earlier this week the UN said it needed £200m to avert a humanitarian ...

  • SOMALIA: NEW SOMALI OPPOSITION HEAD VOWS TO PROTECT AID WORKERS 25 Jul 2008 06:32 GMT
    ... has prevented many groups from working. The United Nations had earlier warned that the killing and ... Islamist insurgents in Somalia in increasingly bloody hit-and-run attacks. "We are very grateful to the ... the group for signing a deal in Djibouti last month with Somalia's interim government that ...

  • Call for early deployment of peacekeeping force in Somalia 25 Jul 2008 06:32 GMT
    ... early deployment of peacekeeping force in Somalia UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Somalia on Wednesday urged the ... Wednesday urged the early deployment of a UN peacekeeping or stabilising force on its soil ... once the UN-brokered truce deal initialled in Djibouti June 9 by the Somali government and ...

  • Somalia: UN Envoy Calls On Security Council to Take 'Bold, Decisive And Fast Action' 25 Jul 2008 04:41 GMT
    ... The United Nations envoy to Somalia told the Security Council ... to Somalia, known as AMISOM, to a UN operation by "rehatting" the troops, creating an ... support for the peace agreement signed in Djibouti in June between the Transitional Federal Government ...

  • Assassinations Aimed At 'Spoiling' Djibouti Agreement, Says Deputy Speaker 25 Jul 2008 04:41 GMT
    ... other civilians is aimed at spoiling the Djibouti Peace Agreement and we condemn [such killings]," Dalha ... parliament's Deputy Speaker warned the country that UN and international aid groups "might leave" due to ...

  • UN Envoy Calls On Security Council to Take 'Bold, Decisive And Fast Action' 25 Jul 2008 04:41 GMT
    ... The United Nations envoy to Somalia told the Security Council ... to Somalia, known as AMISOM, to a UN operation by "rehatting" the troops, creating an ... support for the peace agreement signed in Djibouti in June between the Transitional Federal Government ...

  • Aweys Declares Himself Opposition Leader 25 Jul 2008 04:41 GMT
    ... accuses of having terror links, rejected the Djibouti Accord between the Somali government and the ... the Ethiopian army left Somali soil: "The United Nations and the [Somali] Transitional Government want ...

  • 'Deploy peacekeepers early' 24 Jul 2008 21:51 GMT
    ... AFP. UNITED NATIONS. Somalia on Wednesday urged the early deployment of a UN peacekeeping or stabilising force on its soil, ... once the UN-brokered truce deal initialled in Djibouti June 9 by the Somali government and ...

  • Somali Islamists to protect aid workers 24 Jul 2008 16:16 GMT
    ... Aweys, who is on United States and UN terrorism lists and replaced Mr Sheikh Sharif ... the group for signing a deal in Djibouti last month with Somalia's interim government that ... displacing up to 2 million, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. UN envoy to ...

  • Horn of Africa Nations Face Food Shortages 24 Jul 2008 15:28 GMT
    ... over coming months. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says 1.2 million people in Kenya alone ... an escalation of the crises. Meanwhile, the UN World Food Programme said it urgently needs $400 ... of extra food supplies. Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti are also affected, along with northern parts of Kenya ...

  • Africa: Horn of Africa Nations Face Food Shortages 24 Jul 2008 15:06 GMT
    ... over coming months. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says 1.2 million people in Kenya alone ... an escalation of the crises. Meanwhile, the UN World Food Programme said it urgently needs $400 ... of extra food supplies. Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti are also affected, along with northern parts of Kenya ...

  • Somali Islamist Vows Aid Protection 24 Jul 2008 11:47 GMT
    ... others have been abducted, according to the United Nations. Many aid groups have already scaled down ... their operations in parts of Somalia. The UN World Food Program (WFP) warns that violence ... needed to move quickly to implement the Djibouti deal signed in June 9 between the ...

  • 14 million face famine in east Africa 24 Jul 2008 11:47 GMT
    ... millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Djibouti and Kenya are fast being pushed "towards severe hunger ... hunger and destitution". Earlier this week the UN said it needed £200m to avert a humanitarian ...

  • AU urges UN to take over Somalia 24 Jul 2008 10:08 GMT
    ... the situation in Somalia and urged the United Nations take over peacekeeping operations in the lawless ... others urged the council to authorise the UN to take over from the AU the ... the exiled opposition signed a deal in Djibouti last month calling for deployment of UN ...

  • Somalia 'needs' early deployment 24 Jul 2008 10:08 GMT
    ... Wednesday urged the early deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping or stabilising force on its soil ... needed first. "We are hoping that the UN Security Council will make a decision in ... once the UN-brokered truce deal initialled in Djibouti on June 09 by the Somali government ...


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