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'They took me in when all my family was killed': NZ aid workers share their stories
Seven Kiwi aid workers around the world describe why they do their job.
India’s navy frees ship hijacked by Somali pirates
Financial Times: Gang that seized bulk carrier in December forced to surrender.
Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy, at least 45 dead
A months-old baby and a boy of 8 were reported among the dead.
US military kills senior Islamic State official in Somalia
US special ops forces have killed a senior Isis group official and 10 others.
‘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
Warning measles could cause global problems if immunisation programmes aren't bought back.
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
New York Times: Leaders resist formal declaration that could unlock aid and save lives.
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?
OPINION: The scourge of starvation returns 40 years on.
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
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
New York Times: Almost half of Somalia's people facing acute food shortages.
Black Hawk Down under fire: How Ridley Scott won Battle of Mogadishu
A Zulu-like whitewashing of history? Or painfully true depiction of modern warfare?
Biden quadruples Trump's 'record-low ceiling' refugee cap
After facing weeks of bipartisan blowback, Biden takes action on US refugee admissions.
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
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
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
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
Mayor says at least 90 people were wounded, including children.
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
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
Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman's sudden death has left Mogadishu reeling.
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
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
Dirt dumped at Muslim family's door three days after mosque attacks.
'He could have grown up to be PM'
Youngest victim was "energetic, playful and liked to smile and laugh a lot".