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Why is famine the only story worth telling from this part of the world?
Daily Nation
By RASNA WARAH Six months after declaring the famine in Somalia as one of "biblical proportions", the United Nations has now said that Somalia is a famine-free area, but that nearly a third of the country's people are still "in crisis".
UN Says Somalia Famine Has Ended, but Warns That Crisis Isn't OverNew York Times
Rains End Famine in Somalia, but Millions Remain at RiskVoice of America
Somalia famine over, humanitarian crisis persistsSan Francisco Chronicle
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BBC News

UN declares Somalia's famine over, but says millions across East Africa still ...
Washington Post
NAIROBI, Kenya - The United Nations said Friday that Somalia's famine is over, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back. The world body moved the crisis ...
UN declares Somali famine over for nowReuters
Famine conditions in Somalia have ended, UN saysBBC News
UN Declares End of Somalia FamineVoice of America
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Devils avoid famine, boost playoff position
Mooresville Tribune
Expecting a Friday night feast, Mooresville High's boys' basketball team instead just barely missed facing a famine. Senior guard Brandon Bego's floater from short range as time expired in the fourth quarter made all the difference as the Blue Devils ...

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Sudan Vision

Southern Leader: Oil Shutdown Put Four Million at Risk of Famine
Sudan Vision
Conflicts, famine and diseases hit the region and returnees from North Sudan stay under trees with nothing to eat, he added, indicating the existence of western plots led by US and Israel to ruin South Sudan's economy. The plot aims at escalating ...
Aid Groups Ask US to Consider Cross-Border Aid Effort in SudanVoice of America
South Sudan: Gun battles threaten new countryGlobalPost
Sudan Bombs US-Funded Bible School, US CondemnsNPR
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MiamiHerald.com

UN: Somali famine over but 2.3 million still at risk
msnbc.com
Gift Of The Givers is a South African-based disaster relief organization that is providing medical assistance and food aid to the famine-stricken people of Somalia. (Gallo Images / Getty Images Contributor) Share Back to slideshow navigation Tahliil ...
Interest in stable Somalia growsDaily Nation
Drone crashes near Somalia refugee campDaily News & Analysis

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International Business Times

Somalia Famine is 'Over,' But Millions Still in Danger
International Business Times
Because famine is a technical term, even when its conditions are not met, people are still suffering from its consequences. The UN defines a famine as being when the rate of child malnutrition is above 30 percent, at least two in 10000 people die per ...

Press TV

Somalia hails Iran's Humanitarian aid
Press TV
President of the Somali Red Crescent Society has expressed gratitude to Iran for Tehran's significant contribution of humanitarian aid to the famine-stricken African nation, Press TV reports. "[We are here] to express our appreciation and thanks to the ...

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Globe and Mail

In famine's 6th month, some Somalis go home
CBS News
Displaced Somalis who had fled a severe famine in the south of the Horn of Africa country prepare to leave an internally displaced persons camp in Mogadishu January 8, 2012, to resettle back at their respective home regions. (Getty Images) MOGADISHU ...
After 6 months of famine, Somali men return to farms; women hope to join but ...Washington Post

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CTV.ca

US fears serious famine in troubled Sudan region
Reuters
By Andrew Quinn | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States fears a large-scale famine in Sudan's restive border states of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile and is boosting pressure in Khartoum to accept aid or face a unilateral assistance operation, ...
USA / Briefing on Issues of Ongoing Concern in Sudan and South SudanStarAfrica.com
US confirms it is looking into unilateral intervention to deliver aid in SudanSudan Tribune

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CTV.ca

Somali insurgents say Red Cross is distributing spoiled food, shut down ...
Washington Post
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major aid group because they say the organization is distributing spoiled food in the famine-hit south. The al-Shabab militant group said late Monday that they were shutting ...
Quarter of a Million Somalis Hit By FaminePrensa Latina

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