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NAIROBI - Flash flooding has hit the small but strategic East African nation of Djibouti, where the government and United Nations said the equivalent of two years' rain fell in a single day. Several regional countries including Kenya are struggling after heavy rains, with more to come. (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS — A fire swept through a Minneapolis high-rise apartment building early Wednesday, killing five people and sending three others to the hospital, officials said. (more…)

MOGADISHU-- A public awareness forum held in Mogadishu on Tuesday called for an end to violence against women in conflict in Somalia. (more…)

MOGADISHU-- The Somali government and two United Nations agencies have launched a five-day campaign to vaccinate 1.7 million children against measles and polio in five regional states across the country. (more…)

Somalia is one of the world's countries worst affected by global warming, suffering near-constant droughts, heat waves and floods. Recent flooding in south central Somalia affected 547,000 people, according to U.N. estimates, at a time when more than 2 million are food-insecure. (more…)

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The family of a young Somali-Canadian peace activist shot dead in Mogadishu is calling for an investigation by the two countries and says a statement blaming a stray bullet is “premature.” (more…)

A nursing student from Somalia wept Thursday afternoon as she met her 18-month-old nephew for the first time at the gates of the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. (more…)

It was not immediately clear who killed Ms. Elman, who was described by friends and colleagues as a committed and tireless aid worker. (more…)

Communities already hit by war and drought face fresh disaster as 370,000 are forced from homes. (more…)

MOGADISHU,  -- Flooding in parts of Somalia has impacted more than 547,000 people, of whom 370,000 have been displaced from their homes, destroying livelihoods and infrastructure in the Horn of Africa nation, the UN said on Monday. (more…)