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UN refugee agency seeks over $1 billion to aid 21 million people in 2007
11 December 2006 – The United Nations refugee agency today sought $1.06 billion, a slight decrease over this year’s initial global appeal, to assi...
Read More »Somalia: IDP Fact Sheet
Somalia faces a massive chronic displacement situation compounded, in 2006, by layers of new forced population movements throughout the country. Some ...
Read More »Somali government sounds alarm over fighting
MOGADISHU, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Somalia's Western-backed interim government sounded the alarm on Monday over recent clashes with Islamist rivals which i...
Read More »Taking a step toward understanding
Facing a tide of immigrants flowing their way, Rochester and other small Midwest cities are reaching out to communicate with newcomers. But goodwill e...
Read More »Youth want Miller's Time
Yetunde and Olakemi Villada will be holding Mayor David Miller to his promise to open doors of opportunity to all young Torontonians....
Read More »Aid drops begin in flood-hit Africa
Relief aid packages have arrived in eastern Kenya, where severe flooding is threatening health....
Read More »Calm returns in southern Somalia after days of pitched battles
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Calm has returned in southern Somalia after two days of deadly and escalating conflict between forces backing the weak government an...
Read More »Somalia turmoil spills into South Africa
Somali refugees who have fled the violence in their country have setled in South Afrca. They've set up shops in townships, competing with local busine...
Read More »President joins Somali clashes
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) - SOMALIA'S faltering government and powerful Islamists have overnight exchanged artillery fire for the second day near the g...
Read More »Rivals gird for fresh clashes in southern Somalia
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Tension is high in southern Somalia as forces loyal to the powerful Islamists and Ethiopia-backed government troops reinforced defen...
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