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Without refugee status people aren’t able to receive valuable support, like the right to live and work in a country.
Axmed Naaji (left) performs in London, where he lived in exile in the later part of his life.
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For six decades he was a household name in urban Somalia.
It may be only the Burundian troops that leave Somalia by the end of 2024.
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A rapid exit of AU troops from Somalia could hand a battlefield and propaganda advantage to al-Shabaab.
Groundwater is vital to communities in northern Kenya during droughts.
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Better monitoring of groundwater is important for sustainable management.
Berbera port consumes a lot of energy while most city dwellers lack affordable electricity.
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Berbera’s plans for development, including modernisation of its seaport and airport, as well as the special economic zone, all depend on availability and affordability of energy.
Workers next to the Independence Monument, depicting a hand holding a map of the country, in the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, in September 2021.
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Whichever way the ongoing armed conflict ends, the loser will be Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi.
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It is not the drought that causes disease outbreak, but instead the way society deals with dry conditions.
President Carter’s interest in southern Africa was crucial to keeping the peace.
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Carter’s work in Zimbabwe forms a significant and under appreciated part of his legacy
Burkina Faso servicemen hold portraits during the burial of soldiers killed in an Al-Qaeda attack in Gaskinde in October 2022.
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The spike in violence was marked by a 68% increase in fatalities involving civilians.
Kenyan fishermen demand a say in the country’s border conflict with Somalia.
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The joint border commission between Kenya and South Sudan is a step in the right direction.
A soldier stands guard at a makeshift camp in Somalia’s Baidoa, a southwestern town frequently attacked by Al-Shabaab militants.
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The negative effects of conflict on human capital – particularly nutrition, health and education – are larger than commonly thought.
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Any new wealth will create new social, economic and political tensions.
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It’s likely that the terrorist group will be defeated one day. But there are no signs that the political elite is capable of changing.
Pupils in Kenya hold prayers for victims of a 2013 terror attack in Nairobi.
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Kenyan families with access to mass media are significantly more afraid of terrorism than those without access.
Internally displaced people from the Dinka ethnic group at the Minkamman camp in South Sudan in 2014.
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In 2018, Africa accounted for 70% of the world’s people displaced by armed conflict and human rights abuses.
The carcass of a Grévy’s zebra, an endangered species which exists only in the northern part of Kenya, where drought is ongoing.
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Changing habitat ranges, competition for food and water, and biological effects of climate change all pose threats to wildlife.
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Conflict is prevalent in the region characterised by harsh climate, vast wilderness and low levels of development.
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High intensity rain has actually increased, which is topping up underground water stores.
A woman at a camp for those displaced by drought in Baidoa, Somalia, in September 2022.
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States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.
Experts are warning that millions of people are at risk as a famine hits Somalia.
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The looming Somalian famine might be the first in a string of back-to-back catastrophes, says an expert.