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18 October 2012 - 7:21pmSarah* has been a humanitarian aid worker in Somalia for the last 15 years. In the last decade, Somalia has been affected by crises and disasters including famine, floods and conflict. Today, although famine conditions no longer exist in Somalia, more than 2 million people face food shortages... -
17 August 2012 - 5:08pmMenstruation is not a word commonly associated with the humanitarian agenda, nor is it a subject many Somalis would be comfortable discussing in public. But Somali aid worker Amina Hagi Elmi is a tireless advocate for hundreds of thousands of displaced Somalia women, ensuring that they have access to... -
17 August 2012 - 4:00pmUnder the shade of a Nima tree Under the heat of the midday sun and the shade of a tall Nima tree, Kennedy Monoja greets each patient with a warm smile as they queue to see him. Before the day is out, he will have made some 80 diagnoses. Kennedy Stevenson Monoja is a South Sudanese Clinical Officer... -
26 January 2012 - 11:32amIt’s an unbearably hot day in Pibor. Takesure Mugari, at the epicentre of South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis in Jonglei, pauses to catch his breath. It is his tenth day in Jonglei State and the hours are taking their toll. He doesn’t sleep more than five hours a night, but he can’t...
