Over 600 other delegates from Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Ghana, Mozambique, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and Tanzania among other countries will also attend the summit.
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) sounded the alarm on the worsening humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa today, noting that nearly five million children under the age of five in the region are now hungry.
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Four ships that provided air support for U.S. ground forces in Afghanistan and assisted with counter-piracy operations off Somalia and the Horn of Africa will return to San Diego next week, Navy officials announced Thursday.
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Around 2000 hopeful applicants have requested a place among the 160 aboard the HMS Carlskrona when Sweden shoulders responsibility for the EU pirate patrols off the Somali coast.
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Somali pirates had captured another ship today as the piracy attacks recently increase again, maritime officials say.
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Consumer prices were 0.9% lower in September than they were in September 2008, following a 12-month decline of 0.8% in August.
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Family violence accounted for about 23% of all police-reported violent crime in 2007. Of the nearly 75,800 incidents of police-reported family violence, about 40,200, or 53%, were violent incidents perpetrated by a current or former spouse or common-law partner.
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New motor vehicle sales fell 0.3% to 126,401 units in August, following strong gains in July. Lower sales of passenger cars were responsible for the decline.
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MOSCOW - There are indications that North Korea may be preparing to conduct new launches of short-range missiles from its west coast a day after missile tests from the east coast, South Korea's news agency Yonhap reported according to RIA Novosti.
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Contractors' selling prices increased 0.1% in August following a 0.3% advance in July.
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