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# horn-of-africa - Saturday 9 July, 2022

In pictures: The drought causing animals to drop dead in Kenya

# Horn Of Africa

In pictures: The drought causing animals to drop dead in Kenya

Jul 9th 2022, 7:00 PM 22,143 Views 5 Comments

A glimpse into the current situation for people in two Kenyan counties.

# horn-of-africa - Saturday 6 September, 2014

Warning of retaliation after Somalian rebel leader is killed in US air strike

# Horn Of Africa

Warning of retaliation after Somalian rebel leader is killed in US air strike

Sep 6th 2014, 11:55 AM 7,891 Views 29 Comments

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the death was “a chance for members of Al-Shebab to embrace peace.”

# horn-of-africa - Thursday 23 February, 2012

# Somalia

World leaders threaten sanctions over Somalia

Feb 23rd 2012, 8:48 PM 2,336 Views 14 Comments

Those who hamper the troubled state’s political progress will face serious sanctions, leaders attending today’s major international conference in London warned.

# horn-of-africa - Monday 6 February, 2012

UN: Somali famine is over, but action still needed

# Somalia

UN: Somali famine is over, but action still needed

Feb 6th 2012, 10:44 AM 2,663 Views 10 Comments

The UN said that long-awaited rains, coupled with substantial agricultural inputs and the humanitarian response are the main reasons for the improvement.

# horn-of-africa - Thursday 2 February, 2012

Galway man attempting to run seven marathons on seven continents... in under five days

# Fundraiser

Galway man attempting to run seven marathons on seven continents... in under five days

Feb 2nd 2012, 1:20 PM 3,602 Views 7 Comments

Richard Donovan hoping to break his own record – and to help alleviate suffering in the Horn of Africa – by running seven marathons on seven continents in less than five days. Phew!

# horn-of-africa - Wednesday 18 January, 2012

Failure to respond led to thousands of needless deaths in Africa - aid agencies

# Famine

Failure to respond led to thousands of needless deaths in Africa - aid agencies

Jan 18th 2012, 9:48 AM 1,181 Views 13 Comments

“Many donors wanted proof of a humanitarian catastrophe before acting to prevent one” – Oxfam, Save the Children.

# horn-of-africa - Wednesday 28 December, 2011

In pictures: the natural disasters of 2011

# Review 2011

In pictures: the natural disasters of 2011

Dec 28th 2011, 6:50 PM 6,770 Views 6 Comments

Last year saw a number of major natural disasters strike, including earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand and Turkey, volcanic eruptions in Chile and Iceland, and severe tropical storms in Asia.

# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 27 December, 2011

# Review 2011

14 game-changing moments of 2011

Dec 27th 2011, 6:00 PM 6,151 Views 8 Comments

These were the catalysts for some of the upheavals at home and abroad this past year…

# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 29 November, 2011

Somali militants ban 16 aid groups and UN agencies

# Somalia

Somali militants ban 16 aid groups and UN agencies

Nov 29th 2011, 8:48 AM 1,217 Views 11 Comments

The Islamist group has banned Concern, UNICEF, the World Health Organization and UNHCR – amongst others – from operating in the country, where 250,000 people face the immediate risk of starvation.

# horn-of-africa - Friday 23 September, 2011

# Horn Of Africa

Ireland increases aid for Horn of Africa famine victims

Sep 23rd 2011, 3:03 PM 673 Views 12 Comments

The Department of Foreign Affairs has announced a further €1 million in support for famine victims, while Bono has joined a group of celebrities calling for more action.

# horn-of-africa - Thursday 22 September, 2011

# Somalia

Inside Somalia: How violence is trapping the starving

Sep 22nd 2011, 5:19 PM 418 Views 2 Comments

As the Somali government bans foreign aid workers from militant-controlled areas for their safety, the situation deteriorates for the famine-stricken explains Oxfam’s PRO in Somalia.

# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 20 September, 2011

Somali government bans foreign workers from delivering aid

# Somalia

Somali government bans foreign workers from delivering aid

Sep 20th 2011, 4:10 PM 654 Views 6 Comments

The Somali government has placed a ban on foreign aid workers delivering food to dying citizens in militant-contolled areas.

# horn-of-africa - Sunday 18 September, 2011

# United Nations

Tánaiste to address the United Nations General Assembly

Sep 18th 2011, 7:31 PM 770 Views 4 Comments

The UNGA meets for the 66th this week with the issue of Palestinian statehood among the topics to be discussed.

# horn-of-africa - Monday 5 September, 2011

750,000 Somalis now at risk of death from famine - UN

# Horn Of Africa

750,000 Somalis now at risk of death from famine - UN

Sep 5th 2011, 10:14 AM 253 Views 1 Comment

The UN says a fourth region in southern Somalia is now suffering from famine – meaning half of the south is now in crisis.

# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 16 August, 2011

UN: Ten children dying each day at Somali refugee camp

# Child Deaths

UN: Ten children dying each day at Somali refugee camp

Aug 16th 2011, 5:46 PM 188 Views 5 Comments

Child mortality at a camp in Ethiopia has reached an “alarming” level, according to the UN Refugee Agency.

# horn-of-africa - Monday 15 August, 2011

# Somalia

WFP investigating serious food aid theft in Somalia

Aug 15th 2011, 5:10 PM 428 Views 0 Comments

Families at makeshift camps say that once photographers leave, they are forced to hand over their food aid.

All sides to blame in Somali disaster, says human rights group

# Somalia

All sides to blame in Somali disaster, says human rights group

Aug 15th 2011, 11:45 AM 274 Views 1 Comment

In its latest report, Human Rights Watch says that government troops,

# horn-of-africa - Thursday 11 August, 2011

# Horn Of Africa

Second airlift of Irish aid reaches the Horn of Africa

Aug 11th 2011, 10:24 PM 177 Views 0 Comments

Irish Aid has delivered aid worth €8.2 million to the region. Meanwhile aid agency GOAL has criticised the UN for “reluctance” to provide peacekeepers, and has said the “international community “has no stomach to tackle terrorists”.

# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 9 August, 2011

World Food Programme begins airlifting food to East Africa

# Famine

World Food Programme begins airlifting food to East Africa

Aug 9th 2011, 4:12 PM 279 Views 1 Comment

The WFP is sending 800 metric tons of emergency aid to the region, where 12 million people are suffering from hunger.

# horn-of-africa - Saturday 30 July, 2011

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Saturday

Jul 30th 2011, 8:15 PM 610 Views 0 Comments

Every evening, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the day’s main news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.

# Somalia

UN warns famine will spread in Somalia

Jul 30th 2011, 12:20 PM 454 Views 5 Comments

Somali militant have been preventing aid from reaching parts of the country suffering serious food crisis amid major regional drought.

# horn-of-africa - Thursday 28 July, 2011

Column: The UN must brave up to terrorists to get aid to Somalia

# Opinion

Column: The UN must brave up to terrorists to get aid to Somalia

Jul 28th 2011, 8:11 AM 71 Views 6 Comments

Charity GOAL’s chief executive John O’Shea says that while agencies are trying to help refugees flooding out of Somalia, some four million people are trapped inside and facing death.

# horn-of-africa - Tuesday 26 July, 2011

# Somalia

First consignment of Irish aid to reach Somalia tomorrow

Jul 26th 2011, 6:15 PM 282 Views 7 Comments

Officials have warned that 800,000 children could die across the Horn of Africa, with the worst affected country being drought-ravaged Somalia.

# horn-of-africa - Monday 25 July, 2011

# East Africa

UN launches urgent appeal for donor help in East Africa

Jul 25th 2011, 9:03 PM 263 Views 3 Comments

Some mothers have had to make the “horrifying choice of saving the strongest” of their children while leaving the weakest behind to die as starving families make the long, desperate trek to refugee camps, says the UN.

# horn-of-africa - Friday 22 July, 2011

# Somalia

Nearly 800,000 children in Somalia face immediate death

Jul 22nd 2011, 6:00 PM 934 Views 26 Comments

Concern video shows extent of humanitarian crisis in refugee camps as militants threatening to ban return of aid agencies not already on the ground.

# horn-of-africa - Thursday 21 July, 2011

'It is much worse than people realise': Mary Robinson visits Somalia

# East Africa

'It is much worse than people realise': Mary Robinson visits Somalia

Jul 21st 2011, 9:41 AM 1,440 Views 6 Comments

Such is the extent of the famine in parts of Somalia the US is to aid parts of the country controlled by Al-Shabab.

# horn-of-africa - Wednesday 20 July, 2011

# East Africa

UN declares famine in parts of Somalia

Jul 20th 2011, 8:38 AM 394 Views 5 Comments

It is the first time famine has been declared in the region in 19 years amid the worst drought in six decades.

# horn-of-africa - Monday 18 July, 2011

Mary Robinson in drought stricken Horn of Africa

# East Africa

Mary Robinson in drought stricken Horn of Africa

Jul 18th 2011, 8:44 AM 428 Views 6 Comments

The former president’s visit comes nearly 20 years after her first trip to Somalia to highlight the crisis there.

# horn-of-africa - Sunday 17 July, 2011

# horn-of-africa - Friday 15 July, 2011

Ireland to give extra €1m in aid to Horn of Africa

# East Africa

Ireland to give extra €1m in aid to Horn of Africa

Jul 15th 2011, 8:22 AM 611 Views 13 Comments

Countries in East Africa are in the grip of the worst drought in 60 years, with millions facing starvation.

# horn-of-africa - Thursday 14 July, 2011

# East Africa

"The people here show me the graves of children": East Africa's drought crisis

Jul 14th 2011, 4:20 PM 677 Views 0 Comments

A photo-essay from Oxfam in Ethiopia and a first-hand account from a Concern worker in Somalia paint a stark picture of the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in 60 years.