The United States has made public documents on the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, describing U.S. negotiations with some other regional governments on support for the botched mission. The documents were released this week by George Washington University’s National Security Archive. In April, the Archive filed a lawsuit against the Central Intelligence […]
UN Predicts Famine Across Somalia
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations says it expects famine to reach all regions of southern Somalia within the next four to eight weeks. A refugee agency spokeswoman told VOA Tuesday the U.N. analysis predicts conditions in the drought- and conflict-stricken nation will only worsen in the coming weeks as food prices rise and the dry season approaches. […]
Oxfam: Horn of Africa Needs Faster Drought Aid
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
The United States says aid workers will not be prosecuted if they deliver food to parts of Somalia controlled by militant group al-Shabab. Senior Obama administration officials said Tuesday that they are issuing new guidelines in hopes of increasing aid to the drought- and famine-stricken country. U.S. sanctions make it a crime to provide any […]
Oxfam: Horn of Africa Needs Faster Drought Aid
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
A prominent relief agency says governments and donors are not acting fast enough to address the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa. London-based Oxfam said Tuesday that donors must immediately fulfill pledges of aid to help more than half a million people who are at risk of starvation in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Oxfam […]
AU Calls Donor Summit for Famine Victims
Posted August 1st, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
The African Union has announced it will hold a donor summit in an attempt to raise money for the millions of drought-affected people in Somalia. AU Deputy Chairman Erasmus Mwencha Monday said African heads of state, regional economic blocs and international organizations will gather in Addis Ababa on August 9. The World Food Program says […]
AU Force Presses Offensive to Ease Somali Food Aid
Posted August 1st, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
African Union troops remain on the offensive in Somalia in an effort to ease the flow of food aid to the famine-stricken country. A spokesman for the AU peacekeeping force, Paddy Akunda, tells VOA that troops are trying to capture a Mogadishu football stadium and other key areas controlled by militant group al-Shabab. Al-Shabab has […]
UN Calls for $1.4 Billion More in Aid for Horn of Africa
Posted July 29th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations has appealed for a further $1.4 billion to provide humanitarian aid to more than 12 million people in drought-stricken countries in the Horn of Africa. The U.N. humanitarian aid agency said Friday that if aid response does not increase along with the region’s rising needs, famine in two regions of Somalia could […]
UN Says One-Third of Somalis Needing Aid Are Children
Posted July 29th, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations children’s agency says about one-third of Somalis in need of aid in the drought-struck southern part of the country are children. UNICEF said Friday that some 1.25 million children are among the 3.7 million Somalis in urgent need, as the country experiences its worst drought in 60 years. Also Friday, a second […]
10 Killed in Battle to Keep Somali Aid Flowing
Posted July 29th, 2011 at 12:40 am (UTC-5)
At least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Thursday as African Union and government troops fought militants trying to stop food aid from being dispersed in the country. Fighting broke out a day after the United Nations’ World Food Program airlifted 14 tons of food into Somalia, which is […]
10 Killed in Battle to Keep Somali Aid Flowing
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
At least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Thursday as African Union and government troops fought militants trying to stop food aid from entering the country. Fighting broke out a day after the United Nations’ World Food Program airlifted 14 tons of food into Somalia, which is experiencing its […]
