Highest number of forcibly displaced people since the Second World War

United Nations humanitarian chief, Stephen O’Brien, announced the release of $70 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for chronically underfunded aid operations to help millions of people forced from their homes by violence and instability.
During an interview today… http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/highest-number-of-forcibly-displaced-people-since-the-second-world-war/ #AddisAbaba, #Africa, #AfricanUnionCommission, #Agriculture, #Djibouti, #EuropeanUnion, #HornOfAfrica, #HumanRights, #IntergovernmentalAuthorityOnDevelopment, #Somalia, #UnitedNations

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Does latest drone strike on al Shabaab signal change in US tactics in Somalia?

An AC-130 gunship releases flares (Lockheed Martin/Flikr)
A US drone strike which killed a senior al Shabaab leader in Somalia last Saturday appears to have been part of a change of tactics by the Americans … http://goo.gl/xl5xak #AfricanUnion, #AlQaeda, #AlShabaabMilitantGroup, #FederalGovernmentOfSomalia, #Islamism, #LockheedAC130, #Mogadishu, #Somalia, #UnitedStates, #UnmannedAerialVehicle