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![‘They are on the run’: Somalia leads fight against al-Shabab](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
‘They are on the run’: Somalia leads fight against al-Shabab
Somalia launches the most significant military offensive against al-Shabab in a decade.
![WHO declares new ‘imminent’ global threat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
WHO declares new ‘imminent’ global threat
Warning measles could cause global problems if immunisation programmes aren't bought back.
![Rachael Waugh: Somalia on the brink - we need to act](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Rachael Waugh: Somalia on the brink - we need to act
OPINION: Save the Children NZ's director of international programmes pleads for action.
![Somalis are going hungry. Their government isn’t calling it a famine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Somalis are going hungry. Their government isn’t calling it a famine
New York Times: Leaders resist formal declaration that could unlock aid and save lives.
![Two explosions rock Somalia’s capital, killing at least 30](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Two explosions rock Somalia’s capital, killing at least 30
Two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu, leaving 'scores of civilian casualties'.
![Stephen Knowles: Famine in the Horn of Africa - was Live Aid just a Band-Aid?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Stephen Knowles: Famine in the Horn of Africa - was Live Aid just a Band-Aid?
OPINION: The scourge of starvation returns 40 years on.
![Somali forces end hotel attack with 21 dead, 117 hurt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Somali forces end hotel attack with 21 dead, 117 hurt
It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters.
![Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead
Somali forces still trying to end siege at the hotel 24 hours after the attack began.
!['We buried him and kept walking': Children die as Somalis flee hunger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
'We buried him and kept walking': Children die as Somalis flee hunger
New York Times: Almost half of Somalia's people facing acute food shortages.
![The 'Kiwi' Isis terrorist: How she was radicalised in Australia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
The 'Kiwi' Isis terrorist: How she was radicalised in Australia
Inside story of Suhayra Aden's life in a Syrian refugee camp, and her bid for freedom.
![Somalia's army told her to sew a skirt. Now she's one of its top officers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Somalia's army told her to sew a skirt. Now she's one of its top officers
New York Times: Iman Elman is one of the highest-ranking women in the Somali military.
![Who hasn't heard of Covid-19 by now? More than you'd think](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Who hasn't heard of Covid-19 by now? More than you'd think
Anyone who is unaware of the coronavirus is given a short explanation of the pandemic.
![Double blow for Africa as plague of locusts threaten food crops](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Double blow for Africa as plague of locusts threaten food crops
A second wave of a huge locust outbreak is arriving in parts of East Africa.
![Truck bomb in Somalia's capital kills at least 78](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Truck bomb in Somalia's capital kills at least 78
Mayor says at least 90 people were wounded, including children.
![Steve Liddle: Bolstering democracy via low-cost satellites and mobile phones](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Steve Liddle: Bolstering democracy via low-cost satellites and mobile phones
Comment: Somali elections informed by technological breakthroughs and Kiwi can-do.
![Extremists launch attacks on military targets in Somalia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Extremists launch attacks on military targets in Somalia
Rebels launched two attacks on US and European military targets, officials said.
![Mogadishu's mayor was killed in an attack. A blind, female suicide bomber was responsible](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Mogadishu's mayor was killed in an attack. A blind, female suicide bomber was responsible
Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman's sudden death has left Mogadishu reeling.
![Somali forces end extremist siege of Kismayo hotel; 26 dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Somali forces end extremist siege of Kismayo hotel; 26 dead
Islamic extremists took over a hotel in Somalia for more than 14 hours, leaving 26 dead.
![Kiwi nurse Louisa Akavi's extraordinary life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
Kiwi nurse Louisa Akavi's extraordinary life
New Zealand nurse has served 17 missions for Red Cross in world's worst spots.
!['Hate crime': Muslim family shocked at muck dumped at their home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
'Hate crime': Muslim family shocked at muck dumped at their home
Dirt dumped at Muslim family's door three days after mosque attacks.
!['He could have grown up to be PM'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=812)
'He could have grown up to be PM'
Youngest victim was "energetic, playful and liked to smile and laugh a lot".