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NAIROBI Monday, November 17, 2008 (IRIN) - The widening split between Somalia's leaders could lead to the total collapse of the transitional federal...

NAIROBI Tuesday, November 18, 2008 (IRIN) - At least 100 people have died in the past four weeks after an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in...

NAIROBI Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (IRIN) - At least 8,000 hectares of farmland in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle region have been destroyed...

ADDIS ABABA Wednesday, September 17, 2008 (IRIN) - The Somali region of south-eastern Ethiopia is facing critical food and water shortages, with many...

HWASSA Thursday, October 09, 2008 (IRIN) - Ethiopia's schools have opened for the new academic year, but severe food insecurity in some regions has...

ADDIS ABABA Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (IRIN) - More than six million people in Ethiopia now require emergency food assistance because of drought and...

NAIROBI Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (IRIN) - The government and Ethiopia’s humanitarian partners should prepare for significant increases in...

DIRE DAWA Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Like many teenagers in rural Ethiopia, Shekuria Mume, 19, became pregnant, quit school and got married...

NAIROBI Friday, October 03, 2008 (IRIN) - A combination of poor rains, decreased food production and the knock-on effects of increased global prices...

NAIROBI Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (IRIN) - Eritreans should use the current harvest efficiently and share crop resources equitably because most...