The self-declared republic of Somaliland has been gripped by a drought that has left thousands of families and their livestock in desperate need of water, officials say.
A week after government forces took control of Beletweyne in central Somalia's Hiiraan Region, residents and internally displaced people (IDPs) hope the prevailing calm will enable them to resume normal life.
Ugandan public health experts are investigating a disease that has killed at least five African Union peacekeepers in Somalia and infected another 50, who have been evacuated to a Kenyan hospital, officials said.
Some 12,000 people are reported to have reached and found temporary shelter in the town of Bossaso in northern Somalia since 7 May as the ongoing fighting in Mogadishu and central Somalia is pushing thousands of Somali civilians to risk their lives to cross the Gulf of Aden and seek asylum in Yemen.
A campaign to register Somali refugees with the aim of creating a government database and identifying illegal African migrants is under way in Yemen, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
All over the region, rising consumption is testing capacity. In Dubai, the number of electricity customers has doubled in the space of a decade. Saudi Arabia has seen a near 60 per cent increase in electricity customers over the same period.
Half of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa region consume more water on average than they are receiving in rainfall. Yet the per capita water availability in the region is projected to fall by half by 2050, writes James Gavin...
At least 700 families in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland have been displaced following clashes between two clans over ownership of Elberdale farmland in Gabiley region, local officials said.
The early days of the credit crunch saw the Middle East and North Africa region lauded as a beacon of stability in a tormented global financial market. However, the liquidity problems that have afflicted financial institutions elsewhere in the world will still have a decisive impact on the region's financing plans, writes James Gavin...
It's official. Not one, but two words from the Arabic language are being inducted into the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary- Eleventh edition. The first is not unknown to anyone who has ever experienced the fine world
The business of matching the skills to jobs in Middle Eastern and North African economies has never been greater. Throughout the region, huge resources are being expended to improve the quality of educational and training provision. John Hamilton reports...
A series of initiatives designed to bolster transport and communications links across the Middle East and North Africa region has been encouraged by efforts to strengthen regional political and economic ties. Ian Lewis reports...
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