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This map shows the location of Doolow, Somalia – a transit point for refugees from the famine-hit interior seeking help in Ethiopia:
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The United Nations declared last week that famine now exists in two regions of southern Somalia after millions were affected by the worst drought in eastern Africa for 60 years. The issue has become...
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To cope with the vast influx of Somali refugees arriving at Dadaab, UNHCR has begun moving people into a new area called the Ifo Extension.
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Starving Somali refugees at camps in northeastern Kenya’s Dadaab keep to religious tradition begin fasting for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan:
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Somalia’s Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, visiting drought sticken areas, defended the government’s handling of the famine, saying it had spent over 10 billion shillings on relief programmes.
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Refugee families, are living in harsh conditions with limited access to water, shelter, food while the health system within the camps is struggling to cope.
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Muslima, a young Somali, tucks into a lunch made of WFP fortified maize, cooked by her mother.
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Mariama at Dolo Ado #refugee camp whose child is almost too weak to cry: bc of the drought we could not plant anything and all animals died
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Minhaj Gedi Farahi, 7 months old, arrived at the stabilization center of an IRC hospital in Dadaab, weighing only 6½ pounds and on the brink of death.
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In this clip from Doolow, journalist David Orr explains that newly arrived refugees are queueing for food deliveries. They are told only that help is coming “soon”:
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In this clip from Doolow, a woman clutches her registration card, which enables her to food rations. However, it will be a few days before she will receive any food assistance:
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The video blogs are enabling workers such as Martin Penner to monitor the daily progress of families in the refugees camps. In a seven day daily video blog, Penner answers questions from the public and...
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