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Stories from the Horn #152

April 20, 2022

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*apologies this is coming to you a day late.

Djibouti has one single Olympic medal, bronze in the marathon, by Ahmed Salah. I’ve never seen his race and here it is. What a great clip!

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#Djibouti 1985. Hiroshima. Ahmed Salah of Djibouti, surging ahead near the finish line, Sunday won the men's World Cup Marathon in Hiroshima in the world's second fastest time of 2 hours 8 minutes 9 seconds.
2:14 PM ∙ Apr 12, 2022
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I wonder…is this photoshopped? My family stayed in this location and our photo is below.

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Banquale a small mountain village in Djibouti near the Day Forrest, #Djibouti , #EastAfrica, #Horn of #Africa
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9:40 PM ∙ Apr 5, 2022
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I would like to know where the lake is.

Djibouti

Saudia Arabia launches an iftar campaign in Djibouti to give food to needy families

$5.5 million approved to fight desertification in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan

US envoy to the Horn of Africa quits after only a few months in his post

New shipping route to shorten time between Turkey and the Horn

Somalia

The Somali female social lending manual on braving crisis

Millions at risk of famine in Somalia. It can be hard to get people and organizations to pay attention to Somalia, it seems there are endless crises. This one is serious.

All female newsroom launched in Somalia

And the head of the newsroom explains why she started it

Ethiopia

Amnesty International releases a very troubling report about atrocities in Ethiopia

Diaspora

British Somalis and the death of David Amess

The best African podcasts, including one by a Somali

See you in two weeks.

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Susan Marshall
Jun 21, 2022·edited Jun 24, 2022Liked by Do Good Better

Love this collection of articles, especially the one about women's lending circles, and the clip of the only (so far!) Djiboutian World Cup medal-winning race! Many thanks for compiling and sharing these.

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