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Hunger and siege: Africa’s children face catastrophic aid crisis

Millions of children across Africa are facing a life-threatening nutrition crisis as international aid cuts and armed conflict severely disrupt food supplies, several humanitarian organizations have warned. Humanitarian organizations, including Save the Children and UNICEF, are sounding urgent alarms about the growing number of malnourished children in Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan — and besieged […]

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Somalia: scores dead, injured in latest Mogadishu hotel siege by Al-Shabab militants

Sporadic gunfire and explosions rang out Monday (28 November) around a hotel in Somalia’s capital that was attacked by the Al-Shabab group of insurgents a day earlier, reportedly killing at least four people. The Villa Rose Hotel is a popular venue for senior government officials and parliamentarians located a few blocks from the offices of […]