The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is to support livelihood and environmental protection programmes for local Kenyan communities in Dadaab, says a senior UN official.
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Lack of access has prevented the United Nations from delivering food to 500,000 of its planned 3.3 million beneficiaries in Somalia over the past month, principally in Mogadishu and the south of the battle-scarred country.
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Following little change in June, employment declined by 45,000 in July, with losses in both full- and part-time work. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.6%, as fewer people participated in the labour market.
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Somalia's president says meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents a "golden chance" for his war torn country.
Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed says the meeting this week is a signal that world governments are serious about supporting Somalia.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy announced in March 2009 that France would rejoin NATO’s unified military structure, more than 40 years after Charles de Gaulle walked out in protest at US domination. Following confirmation by the National Assembly, despite an angry debate, the reintegration was formally approved in early April at the NATO summit in Strasbourg, commemorating the alliance’s 60th anniversary.
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With the departure of MV HANSA STAVANGER from the central Somali coast, there is no hi-jacked vessel kept at the coasts of Galmudug State in Central Somalia by today. Former Governor Dr. Maxamed Warsame (Cali Kimiko) had vowed to make the coast pirate-free and Somalia's Special Envoy for Anti-Piracy Ismail Haji Noor followed up on this.
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The value of building permits totalled $5.2 billion in June, up 1.0% from May. The increase was attributable to gains in both residential and non-residential construction intentions.
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Canadian hoteliers' business expectations for the third quarter of 2009 were negative relative to their business performance during the same quarter a year earlier. Their negative outlook was similar to that observed in the previous two quarters.
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At least 46 journalists have been killed in 21 countries since the beginning of 2009, the International News Safety Institute (INSI) report said, according to RIA Novosti.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is arriving in Africa on Tuesday. The stops on her official tour include Kenya, South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.
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