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                    [Title] => US pledges $97M to combat Ethiopia's drought
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The US has boosted its emergency food aid to Ethiopia by nearly $100 million to combat one of the worst droughts in decades, the US Agency for International Development announced yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-31 17:00:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1538554 [Title] => 40th Independence Day of Angola @ Makati Shangri-la [Summary] =>

The 40th anniversary of the Independence Day celebration of the Republic of Angola was held at the Rizal Ballroom, Makati Shangri-La last Nov. 11.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-02 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cassandra [SectionUrl] => cassandra [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1528568 [Title] => Chinese president in South Africa to discuss trade [Summary] =>

Welcomed by a military band and a guard of honor, Chinese President Xi Jinping began a state visit to South Africa on yesterday, part of China's effort to strengthen economic ties with Africa.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-02 15:00:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479889 [AuthorName] => Lynsey Chutel [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1526298 [Title] => Pope says Christian-Muslim dialogue essential for peace [Summary] =>

Pope Francis told Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya on Thursday that they have little choice but to engage in dialogue to guard against the "barbarous" Islamic extremist attacks that have struck Kenya, saying they need to be "prophets of peace."

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-26 05:50:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1517224 [Title] => Official: 9 dead in hotel attack in Somalia [Summary] =>

At least nine people were killed and 10 injured when Islamic extremists attacked a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a police official said Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-01 00:25:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1104677 [AuthorName] => Abdi Guled [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151101/somali-attack.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1502335 [Title] => Violence erupts at Burkina Faso hotel where mediators gather [Summary] =>

Burkina Faso's political crisis deepened yesterday as the military insisted its general must serve as head of state until the next elections while protesters clashed outside the hotel where regional leaders were mediating.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-20 14:16:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1480472 [Title] => Obama's Africa visit troubles human rights groups [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama's trip to Kenya and Ethiopia is drawing fresh criticism that the two countries are heavy-handed on human rights and basic democratic freedoms.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-23 19:17:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1248123 [AuthorName] => Darlene Superville [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://wpc.E0AD.edgecastcdn.net/00E0AD/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150724/Obama-Kenya-visit.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1438479 [Title] => Official: Al-Shabab siege at Somali hotel ends, 17 dead [Summary] =>

Somali troops on Saturday took full control of a hotel that extremist gunmen stormed and occupied for more than 12 hours following a suicide bombing. At least 17 people died and dozens were wounded.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-28 16:36:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1104677 [AuthorName] => Abdi Guled [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150328/somalia.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1426777 [Title] => Somalia extremists urge attacks on US shopping malls [Summary] =>

A video purported to be by Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the US, Canada, Britain and other Western countries.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-23 07:12:51 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1124673 [AuthorName] => Andrew Meldrum [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1422904 [Title] => Report: Sudanese forces rape 221 women, girls in mass attack [Summary] =>

Sudanese army troops raped at least 221 women and girls in a Darfur village in a series of organized, house-to-house attacks last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report released yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-12 06:23:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212308 [AuthorName] => Cara Anna [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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