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September 7, 2017

Irma cuts deadly path in Caribbean as church officials prepare response

Children in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, carry containers for water Sept. 6 as Hurricane Irma races across the Caribbean. The hurricane was scheduled to hit the island later that night.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Hurricane Irma cut a deadly path through the Caribbean, leveling entire islands as it moved toward Florida Sept. 7, while Haiti prepared for a potential disaster.

Published in International
September 20, 2015

Horn of Africa facing worst drought in 60 years

One of the youngest members of a family farm co-operative in the field as his uncles plough new land for tomatoes. The child will be part of a new generation of Somalis who will grow up without the nomadic life of his ancestors

JIJIGA, ETHIOPIA - At the end of June the Famine Early Warning Systems Network of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization issued a warning about dry conditions in Ethiopia, Somalia and the rest of the Horn of Africa. On July 5 the UN called it “the worst drought in 60 years” in the Horn of Africa, with Ethiopia and Somalia worst hit.

Published in Special Report from Africa