Jerome Jarre

Somalia: 26 ‘starve To Death’ In Drought

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At least 26 people have died of starvation in Somalia’s southern region of Jubaland, the government-owned Radio Mogadishu website has reported. It quoted regional interior minister and drought committee chairman Abdirahman Mohamed Hussein as saying the deaths were in the past 36 hours. He appealed for emergency aid to curb hunger, Radio Mogadishu reported. UN … Read more

Celebrity Social Media Push To Help Somalia Goes Viral

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UN says 2.9 million people in Somalia need urgent help “to save or sustain their lives”. Campaign to raise $1m to deliver humanitarian aid to famine-hit African country gets massive public support. A social media campaign aiming at delivering humanitarian aid to famine-hit Somalia through a Turkish Airlines flight has gone viral with backing from … Read more