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HARGEISA Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - More and more children are missing out on childhood as conflict continues in war-torn Somalia. Families...

HARGEISA, SOMALILAND Monday, October 27, 2008 (IRIN) - In September, Sophie (not her real name) fled fighting in Mogadishu to seek shelter in a camp...

HARGEISA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Up to 40 people are reported to have been killed and many others injured as near-simultaneous...

HARGEISA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - When he fled Mogadishu, Mohamed Abdi thought life outside the war-torn capital could not be worse than...

HARGEISA Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Hawa* is determined her young daughter will not undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), which...

HARGEISA Thursday, October 30, 2008 (IRIN) - As security forces investigate the three suicide car-bombs that went off on 29 October targeting a UN...

NAIROBI Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Flash floods in south-western Gedo region have displaced hundreds of families and inundated hectares of...

NAIROBI Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - The UN has called for the immediate release of four aid workers and two pilots who were abducted on 5...

HARGEISA Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - Somalis displaced to the self-styled independent republic of Somaliland from other parts of the Horn of...

HARGEISA Monday, November 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Authorities in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland have embarked on efforts to reduce charcoal...