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At least 18 Somalis die when boat capsizes off Puntland

12/18/2012 majac Your Health Matters

BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) – At least 18 Somalis drowned when their boat sank and their bodies washed ashore near the port city of Bosaso in Somalia’s northern breakaway region of Puntland, a government official said on Tuesday. The Puntland official said authorities believed a boat carrying illegal Somali migrants had capsized, and that it was likely that the death toll could rise. African migrants often use unseaworthy boats to try to reach Yemen, seen as a gateway to wealthier parts of the Middle East and the West. Hundreds of the migrants have perished at sea. …

Middle East, Somalia

Police Command Exercise to Curb Cross Border Crimes

08/15/2012 majac Exercise

The exercise will be conducted at the Police General Headquarters in Kacyiru and will bring officers from twelve African countries including; Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, South Sudan and the Republic of Sudan. Others are Somalia, Djibouti, Cyprus, …
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Cyprus, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania

UN says cholera epidemic in Somalia (AP)

08/12/2011 majac Your Health Matters

AP – World Health Organization officials said Friday that famine-hit Somalia faces a cholera epidemic as dirty water and poor sanitation are leading to an increase in outbreaks of the disease.

Somalia, UN

Food supplements airlifted into famine-hit Somalia (AP)

07/27/2011 majac Your Health Matters

AP – A plane carrying 10 tons of urgently needed nutritional supplements to treat malnourished children has landed in famine-hit Somalia, a U.N. official said Wednesday.

Somalia