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“Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.”
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Somalis Flee Famine Along 'Roads of Death' →
fyeahafrica:
The Washington Post reports that nearly 170,000 Somalis have fled to packed refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia since January. In Kenya, about 1,300 people are arriving daily, while an average of 1,700 enter Ethiopia. Most are arriving after grueling journeys along what officials call the “roads of death.”
Somalis have endured two decades of civil war and two consecutive seasons...
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