The U.N. World Food Program will begin airlifting food to Somalia Tuesday. WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran says this will be the first airlift of food since the U.N. declared a famine in two parts of Somalia last week. The United Nations says “massive” action is needed to save millions of people living in the […]
Airlift of Food for Somalia and Horn of Africa to Begin Tuesday
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
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Airlift of Food for Somalia and Horn of Africa to Begin Tuesday
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. World Food Program will begin airlifting food to Somalia Tuesday. WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran says this will be the first airlift of food since the U.N. declared a famine in two parts of Somalia last week. The United Nations says “massive” action is needed to save millions of people living in the […]
‘Dead Man’ Found Alive In Morgue
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 2:30 am (UTC-5)
A South African man presumed by his family to be dead woke up hours later Sunday in a mortuary in a rural part of the country. After trying to wake the man up multiple times, family members believed he was dead and called the local undertaker in Eastern Cape. Several hours later, the mortuary staff […]
South Sudan Accuses Khartoum of ‘Economic War’
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 7:25 pm (UTC-5)
The newly independent nation of South Sudan says the government in Khartoum is engaging in “economic war” by issuing a new currency and by imposing oil transit fees that it says amount to “daylight robbery.” Those accusations Monday by Pagan Amum, the secretary-general of the south’s ruling party came less than three weeks after the […]
UN Says Massive Action Needed to Save Africa Drought Victims
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations says “massive” action is needed to save millions of people living in the Horn of African from starvation. And it announced that it will begin an airlift of food aid into the Somali capital, Mogadishu, as well as eastern Ethiopia and northern Kenya on Tuesday. The U.N. World Food Program held an […]
UN Sets Donors Conference for Horn of Africa Drought
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations is seeking $1.6 billion from donors to help millions of drought victims in the Horn of Africa. U.N. officials say a donors conference will be held Wednesday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, as the world body races to get life-saving aid to more than 11 million people in need. The donors conference was […]
South Sudan Accuses Khartoum of ‘Economic War’
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
South Sudan has accused Sudan of launching an “economic war” less than three weeks after the two countries split. South Sudan’s top negotiator, Pagan Amum, said Monday that Khartoum is demanding a fee of nearly $23 per barrel to transport oil through its pipelines. He called the fee “daylight robbery.” Amum also accused Sudan of […]
UN Sets Donors Conference for Horn of Africa Drought
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations will seek $1.6 billion from donors this week to help millions of drought victims in the Horn of Africa. U.N. officials say a donors conference will be held Wednesday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, as the world body races to get life-saving aid to more than 11 million people in need. The U.N. […]
Pro-Gbagbo Head of Key Ivorian Body Replaced
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Ivory Coast’s president has dismissed the head of the country’s constitutional council, a man who backed former president Laurent Gbagbo during the recent Ivorian political crisis. Paul Yao N’dre was replaced Monday by veteran politician Francis Wodie, a former presidential candidate. President Alassane Ouattara named Wodie in a decree. N’dre helped spark the power struggle […]
South Sudan Accuses Khartoum of ‘Economic War’
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
South Sudan has accused Sudan of launching an “economic war” by issuing a new currency less than three weeks after the two countries split. Khartoum began circulating the new Sudanese pound on Sunday, less than a week after newly independent South Sudan introduced its own currency. Speaking Monday in South Sudan’s capital of Juba, the […]
