“I felt like it’s now or never,” said Rachel Phoenix, explaining her decision to run the London Marathon for the first time.
The 34-year-old is relatively new to London. The marathon is her way of conquering the city.
“I felt like it’s now or never,” said Rachel Phoenix, explaining her decision to run the London Marathon for the first time.
The 34-year-old is relatively new to London. The marathon is her way of conquering the city.
Reporting from drought-hit Somaliland, Hannah Wilkinson, the British Red Cross’ senior media manager, discovers a proud people struggling to survive.
Soon after stepping off the plane in the city of Hargeisa, I learnt that my visit coincided with the President declaring a national day of prayer. People here have actually been asked to pray for rain.
Driving towards Sool, one of the worst drought affected areas in eastern Somaliland, you can see why. More
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There is no hiding from the severity of the situation in Somalia today. An increasing number of children are facing starvation without urgent help.
The east African nation is in the grips of a severe drought. And it could be about to get much worse.
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“I am 75 years old. I have not heard of or seen such a severe drought,” said Abdi.
Abdi’s family are among many others taking refuge in temporary shelters surrounding the village of Tukaraq, in northern Somalia.
They travelled here by foot, some 150 kilometres from their home.
Like many other drought-affected families across Somalia, their situation is getting desperate.
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Most of Halima’s children are too young to remember how things used to be.
She remembers though. And each year she sees the determined march of the desert into her once rich pastoral lands, it brings a sense of foreboding to her village.
They have lost livestock to the drought – a barometer of wealth here – and people’s health is starting to fail.
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Tens of thousands of people arrive at London Heathrow every day. Recently the Channel 4 documentary, Arrivals, told the story of Khaled, a Syrian refugee who met his son at the airport after a year apart. The British Red Cross helped to reunite father and son in emotional scenes. This is their story.
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You could be forgiven for thinking it’s crisis over in Calais. The ‘Jungle’ camp has been demolished and the world’s media have moved on. But in the lead up to Christmas there are still hundreds of people in France who need our help. More
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He was still without a name when he boarded a rubber boat with his mother in the southern Mediterranean Sea.
Just two days earlier, Fatima had brought her son into the world on the streets of Libya. Alone.
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