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Home > Africa > Horn of Africa > Somalia

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Hidden sex work, HIV risk in Dadaab

DADAAB, 16 September 2011 (PlusNews) - At Ifo trading centre, a short distance from northeastern Kenya's Dadaab refugee complex, Hawa*, a teenage girl, sits in a dark room on an old jerry can holding a small bunch of fresh khat, a mild stimulant, ostensibly for sale. full report

KENYA-SOMALIA: Refugees at risk of sexual violence

 DADAAB, 8 September 2011 (PlusNews) - Amina*, 27, left her home town of Kismayo in south-central Somalia at the end of May for northern Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp. The journey took her and her four children 14 days and nearly broke them, but between the famine and the conflict, she was afraid that staying in Somalia could mean death. full report

HORN OF AFRICA: Drought and HIV - a dangerous combination

 NAIROBI, 28 July 2011 (PlusNews) - More than 11.6 million people are facing starvation in the Horn of Africa, and as aid agencies struggle to feed them, experts are warning that a lack of food could have wider consequences, including jeopardizing the health of people on HIV treatment. full report

SOMALIA: Stigma, insecurity hold back HIV fight in Mogadishu

 MOGADISHU, 3 May 2011 (PlusNews) - Residents of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, are understandably more concerned with dodging bullets than avoiding HIV, but this lack of knowledge means widespread ignorance about HIV prevention, while people who are HIV-positive are often ostracized by their communities. full report

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