Horn Of Africa

• Alberta man helps with ‘nationally distributed’ COVID-19 campaign in Somalia

  "There's misinformation across every community. It was challenging... But now there's more information every day on the virus, and people are starting to understand."

  Health

  Feb 14, 2021
  
• US drone strike targets al-Shabab after deadly Somalia attack

  Saturday's truck bombing in Mogadishu killed more than 300 people and wounded nearly 400 others.

  World

  Oct 20, 2017
  
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• Doctors Without Borders to return to Somalia after three year absence

  Doctors Without Borders said Friday it plans to return to Somalia.

  World

  Jan 27, 2017
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• Last wild frankincense forests are under threat from overharvesting

  In a tradition dating to Biblical times, men rise at dawn in the rugged Cal Madow mountains of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa to scale rocky outcrops in search of the prized sap of wild frankincense trees.

  Environment

  Dec 24, 2016
• Polio outbreak in Cameroon poses threat to African neighbours: WHO

  Analysis of polio viruses from Cameroon suggests they have been circulating unchecked and undetected for at least a couple of years.

  Health

  Apr 11, 2014
• New pirate hot spot, child piracy to be focus of international workshop in Halifax

  All told, piracy costs the global commercial shipping industry between $10-12 billion a year, and that's not including the many attacks on smaller fishing vessels that don't get reported. Halifax’s Dalhousie University saw the need for more research to be done on why piracy exists and how it can be stopped.

  World

  Jul 25, 2012