DJIBOUTI: Over half the population needs emergency assistance
NAIROBI, 15 September 2008 (IRIN) - More than half of Djibouti's population is food insecure and needs emergency aid due to drought and high food prices, an early warning information service has said.
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YEMEN-HORN OF AFRICA: Calm sea lures African migrants
SANAA, 9 September 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of African migrants, mostly Somalis, have taken advantage of calm seas to make the perilous journey from Somalia to Yemen in the first week of September and more are expected, Hussein Hajji, the Somali consul in Aden, said.
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DJIBOUTI: Access to food halved
NAIROBI, 14 August 2008 (IRIN) - Access to food in Djibouti has been cut by more than 50 percent because of reduced availability and rising prices, according to a humanitarian official.
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DJIBOUTI: Food and water shortages escalate
NAIROBI, 31 July 2008 (IRIN) - Recurrent droughts, in addition to rising food and kerosene prices, have exacerbated food insecurity in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, according to a senior UN official.
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HORN OF AFRICA: "Urban poor the new face of hunger"
NAIROBI, 23 July 2008 (IRIN) - The urban poor in the Horn of Africa are the new face of hunger in a region where up to 14.6 million people now require humanitarian assistance due to poor rains, high food and fuel prices, conflict, animal disease, inflation and poverty.
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DJIBOUTI: "Almost half the population facing food shortages"
NAIROBI, 26 June 2008 (IRIN) - A significant percentage of Djibouti’s population could face food shortages due to drought, rising prices with declining remittances, and high levels of livestock deaths, an early warning information service has warned.
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