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Jeffrey A. Gettleman (born 1971) is an American journalist who has been the East Africa bureau chief of The New York Times, based in Nairobi, Kenya, since 2006.

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U.N. Says American Delays Led to Aid Cuts in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya United Nations officials said on Friday that the supply of critical food aid to Somalia had been interrupted and that rations to starving people needed to be cut, partly because the American government has delayed food contributions out ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Al-Qaeda

Somali Pirates Move Couple Onto Land

NAIROBI, Kenya The Somali pirates holding a British couple whisked the captives off a hijacked ship on Saturday to a pirate lair about 60 miles inland, according to the pirates and several coastal residents. The pirates apparently have been bickering ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN AND MOHAMMED IBRAHIM, The New York Times,  31 Oct 2009

British Couple Held off Somali Coast

NAIROBI, Kenya Somali pirates said Thursday that they had moved a British couple seized from their sailboat last week to a container ship anchored off Somalia’s lawless shores, and that they would “protect” the British captives until a ransom was ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN AND MOHAMED IBRAHIM, The New York Times,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Paul Chandler

In Somalia, a New Template for Fighting Terrorism

Somalia isn’t just a nagging geopolitical headache that won’t go away. It is also a cautionary tale. Few countries in modern history have been governmentless for so long, and as the United States has learned, it would be nice to think you could ignore ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, The New York Times,  17 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan,  Barack Obama,  The Pentagon,  John Nagl

Kenya’s Criminals Tap a Growth Industry: Kidnapping

NAIROBI, Kenya Little Emmanuel Aguer was one of the most recent victims. Ater Aguek, left, and Morris Ater, the father and uncle of Emmanuel Aguer, 6, who was snatched last month on the way to his grandmothers house. Four days later, his uncle found ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, The New York Times,  11 Oct 2009

Dot Earth: Africa’s Devastating Drought

GALKAIYO, Somalia – Ahmed Mahamoud Hassan has probably one of the worst jobs on the planet: drought chairman of the Galmudug region of Somalia, one of the hottest, driest, poorest patches of one of the world’s most utterly failed states. His job is to ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, The New York Times,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Andrew C. Revkin,  United Nations,  World Vision,  John Simon,  Facebook Inc.

Annan Warns Kenyans of Danger

NAIROBI, Kenya Kofi Annan delivered a stern message to Kenya on Wednesday, saying there was a “crisis in confidence” in the political leadership and that the country was flirting with disaster by delaying much-needed reforms. Concluding a three-day ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Kofi Annan,  United Nations,  International Criminal Court,  Mwai Kibaki,  Raila Odinga

Rwandan Fugitive Is Captured in Uganda

NAIROBI, Kenya One of the most wanted fugitives from Rwanda’s genocide, an intelligence officer accused of organizing the slaughter of countless civilians, including a ceremonial queen, was arrested in Uganda this week, Ugandan and Rwandan officials ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, The New York Times,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: BBC

The Saturday Profile: Back From the Suburbs to Run a Patch of Somalia

"It was hard for my wife and kids. But I'm doing something big here, and they know that." MOHAMED ADEN ABOVE the shimmering horizon, in the middle of a deserted highway, stands an oversize figure wearing a golf cap, huge sunglasses, baggy jeans, and ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, The New York Times,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Denise Brown

U.S. Delays Somalia Aid, Fearing It Is Feeding Terrorists

DOCOL, Somalia One in five Somali children is wasting away from malnutrition. Tens of thousands need urgent medical care to survive. The whole middle belt of the country is teetering on the brink of famine. United Nations officials say Somalia has not ...

From JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, The New York Times,  1 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  US State Department,  Al-Qaeda

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