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Unicef's 2009 state of the world's children report tells us what it's like to grow up in the poorest - and richest - places in the world. Find out which is which • Get the data • Afghanistan's civilian casualties A UN official...
Clashes Between Armed Guards And Pirates Lead to More Fatalities When pirates attacked the chemical freighter MV Theresa VIII, with a South Korean crew of 28, they didn't hesitate. The captain, who fired flares during the...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday. Somalia and the United States have...
The transitional federal government president Sharif Sheik Ahmed has held press conference in Mogadishu on Friday and said that he was very sorry for the misunderstanding between the TFG, Puntland and Ahlu Sunna.
The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates fear they could be killed within a week. Paul and Rachel Chandler said they were "unharmed and in reasonable physical health" but their "kidnappers were losing patience". The...
NEW YORK - Unicef urged the world to help the one billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care - and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence - two decades after the United Nations...
press release In late October, the Puntland government arrested five men of Ogadeni origin. These men came to Puntland using Somali travel documents provided by Somali authorities in Yemen. Puntland and Ethiopian security...
By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Monday denied that rebels fighting for independence for a region with potentially lucrative oil and gas reserves had seized seven towns near the border with...
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists will hold an award ceremony on Nov. 24, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. International Press Freedom Awards is an annual recognition by the CPJ of journalists working in...
In response to reports that Kenya is recruiting youth to go and fight Somalia war, a Muslim clergy has cautioned Muslim youth not to allow themselves to be drawn by financial incentives and accept to undertake mercenary work...
