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Locust swarm threatens food security in Horn of Africa World

Locust swarm threatens food security in Horn of Africa

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Swarms of desert locusts have spread from Ethiopia and Somalia into eastern and northern Kenya, posing a threat to food production and grazing …

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58,000 children 'facing death' in drought-hit Somalia World

58,000 children 'facing death' in drought-hit Somalia

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Saturday, April 09, 2016

More than 58,000 children in drought-hit Somalia will starve to death if they do not receive urgent support, the United Nations has warned. The s…

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A Somali government soldier holds position against Al Sahabab militants Somalia

A Somali government soldier holds position against Al Sahabab militants

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, September 02, 2014

A Somali government soldier holds his fighting position against suspected militants during an attack at the Jilacow underground cell inside a nati…

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Somali Piracy Somalia

Somali Piracy

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Somali Piracy

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Iran-US standoff United States

Iran-US standoff

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Sunday, March 31, 2013

IN the wake of the recent IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear programme, Israel and its western allies are once again planning for a military confronta…

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