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Rachael Waugh: Somalia on the brink - we need to act
OPINION: Save the Children NZ's director of international programmes pleads for action.
Somalis are going hungry. Their government isn’t calling it a famine
New York Times: Leaders resist formal declaration that could unlock aid and save lives.
Two explosions rock Somalia’s capital, killing at least 30
Two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu, leaving 'scores of civilian casualties'.
Stephen Knowles: Famine in the Horn of Africa - was Live Aid just a Band-Aid?
OPINION: The scourge of starvation returns 40 years on.
Somali forces end hotel attack with 21 dead, 117 hurt
It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters.
Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead
Somali forces still trying to end siege at the hotel 24 hours after the attack began.
'We buried him and kept walking': Children die as Somalis flee hunger
New York Times: Almost half of Somalia's people facing acute food shortages.
Black Hawk Down under fire: How Ridley Scott won Battle of Mogadishu
A Zulu-like whitewashing of history? Or painfully true depiction of modern warfare?
Biden quadruples Trump's 'record-low ceiling' refugee cap
After facing weeks of bipartisan blowback, Biden takes action on US refugee admissions.
Who hasn't heard of Covid-19 by now? More than you'd think
Anyone who is unaware of the coronavirus is given a short explanation of the pandemic.
Double blow for Africa as plague of locusts threaten food crops
A second wave of a huge locust outbreak is arriving in parts of East Africa.
Truck bomb in Somalia's capital kills at least 78
Mayor says at least 90 people were wounded, including children.
Steve Liddle: Bolstering democracy via low-cost satellites and mobile phones
Comment: Somali elections informed by technological breakthroughs and Kiwi can-do.
Extremists launch attacks on military targets in Somalia
Rebels launched two attacks on US and European military targets, officials said.
Mogadishu's mayor was killed in an attack. A blind, female suicide bomber was responsible
Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman's sudden death has left Mogadishu reeling.
Somali forces end extremist siege of Kismayo hotel; 26 dead
Islamic extremists took over a hotel in Somalia for more than 14 hours, leaving 26 dead.
Kiwi nurse Louisa Akavi's extraordinary life
New Zealand nurse has served 17 missions for Red Cross in world's worst spots.
'Hate crime': Muslim family shocked at muck dumped at their home
Dirt dumped at Muslim family's door three days after mosque attacks.
'He could have grown up to be PM'
Youngest victim was "energetic, playful and liked to smile and laugh a lot".
Christchurch terror attack: Faces of the fallen
These are the faces, and stories, of 50 people killed in a terrorist attack on March 15.
Faces of the dead, missing and injured
New details are emerging of the dead, the missing and the injured.