Somalia is 'the forgotten crisis'
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The UN says Somalia is the world's forgotten crisis, with 15,000 children in need of urgent aid.
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Northern Uganda, where around 20,000 children have been kidnapped and many forced to serve as combatants, is the world&#39;s biggest neglected humanitarian crisis, the head of UN humanitarian affairs said yesterday.
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Declaring that Somalia is at "a critical crossroads," Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Thursday urged U.N. peacekeepers to take over from a small African Union force in the country's capital to help restore security and deal with terrorism.
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Somalia&#039;s weak interim government said Friday it will resist attempts by an increasingly powerful Muslim militia to assert authority across the Horn of Africa country that Osama bin Laden calls a battleground in his fight against the U.S.
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NAIROBI, June 13 -- A reconciliation conference intended to lay the groundwork for political stability in Somalia has been postponed again, the conference chairman said Wednesday.
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Somalia's PM warns Islamists that Ethiopia and Kenya will help his government in case of attack.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United States circulated a UN Security Council draft resolution yesterday that would authorize a regional force to protect Somalia's weak government and would threaten action against those who block peace efforts and attempt to overthrow it.
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An estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Somalis  need immediate relief aid in coastal towns devastated by waves  whipped up by an earthquake in Asia, the United Nations said on  Wednesday.
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The worst humanitarian crisis in the world is taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan. The government responded to a revolt of peoples there by unleashing the Janjaweed Arab militias, who have raped, pillaged and burned their way across the region.
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An estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Somalis need immediate relief aid in coastal towns hit by waves whipped up by the Asian earthquake, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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While most of the country&#39;s attention has been focused on Iraq, a human-rights crisis has been unfolding in north Africa. In Darfur, Sudan, more than 50,000 people have been killed and 1.2 million displaced
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In a Sept. 13 story about Somalia, The Associated Press erroneously attributed details about Islamic militiamen advancing on the port city of Kismayo to an official of the African Union. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was from the European Union, not the AU.
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Battered Somalia is trying to reconcile its warring factions. But mortar attacks, boycotts and an expiring peacekeepersâ mandate leave little room for optimism.
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Cape Verde Is. The disaster in Southeast Asia touches us all. Areas, which were already very poor has been affected by incomprehensible destruction.
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The United Nations urgently needs international support to boost its presence in Somalia and restore basic services, or the country could collapse into chaos, U.N. aid officials said on Monday.
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Somalia's warlords are re-emerging and pose a threat to humanitarian aid deliveries to the needy, the United Nations warned Wednesday, as the government struggles to quell growing unrest.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- War or no war with Somalia, Mulunesh Abebayhu wants out. Out of her teaching job, where Ethiopian security forces constantly harass her because of her political views. Out of this city, where hundreds of protesters were killed by police bullets after disputed elections last...