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Refugees fleeing Mali unrest in need of urgent international aid –UNHCR

More than 55,000 people have fled Mali into neighbouring Niger, Mauritania, and Burkina Faso while another 60,000 are internally displaced within Mali more

Deadline for southerners to leave Sudan is impossible - aid groups

Fighting in the border region, a major lack of infrastructure in the south, and the imminent onset of the rainy season will make it impossible for large numbers to travel-aid agency
Gunshots, explosions heard in Nigeria's Kano

Clashes between Boko Haram gunmen and security forces have flared up several times in Kano since the sect killed 178 people in Nigeria's second largest city last month
Ethiopian troops take Somali town from al Shabaab

Addis Ababa sent troops into neighbouring Somalia in November as part of a wider campaign to crush al Shabaab rebels who control swathes of central and southern Somalia.

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Clearing Libya for explosive remnants of war

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Nairobi’s refugees threatened by fallout from Kenya’s war on al-Shabaab

2012-02-22 16:20:00.0 | Comments 0
AlertNet Contributor | AlertNet News Blog
As Kenya’s crackdown against al-Shabaab stokes hostility towards Somali refugees, protection should be high on talks agenda
The silent cost of child malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

2012-02-16 17:07:00.0 | Comments 1
AlertNet Contributor | Live Blogs
Despite its lush surroundings, many children inside the MSF hospital tent in South Kivu are dying from preventable illnesses ...
Battling through the malaria season in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

2012-02-16 17:03:00.0 | Comments 0
AlertNet Contributor | Live Blogs
Working in a remote clinic in DRC brings daily challenges of coping with shortages of space, equipment and medicines – and ...
A long journey to deliver precious medicine in eastern Congo

2012-02-16 16:56:00.0 | Comments 0
AlertNet Contributor | Live Blogs
Lulimba, a remote town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's east, is challenging to work in as a doctor
Madagascar storm: "Hunkered down in houses"

2012-02-15 08:28:00.0 | Comments 1
AlertNet Contributor | Aid Worker Diaries
Cyclone Giovanna made landfall yesterday

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Don’t quit Somalia when hunger crisis ends – Red Crescent

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Stop politicising aid to Somalia, say aid groups

Agencies say they must be allowed to negotiate with all warring parties so they can reach communities ravaged by famine and war
UN council approves increase in AU Somalia force

Aim is to press home assault against al Shabaab rebels

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