'E-cash' on the rise in Somalia

Published 20 December 2012 17:52

It may be a poor nation, but many people in Somalia have access to mobile phones. The country also has a well-established system of transferring money. Now one aid agency is looking to combine both factors, so that help can be delivered quickly and safely to those that need it. Al Jazeera's Peter Greste reports on the rise of E-cash in Mogadishu.

Syrian family's tough year away from home

Published 20 December 2012 06:42

As 2012 draws to a close, Al Jazeera is taking a look at some of this year's most important stories, through the eyes of familes that have experienced them. Conflict has forced more than two and a half million Syrians to flee their country. Al Jazeera's Nisreen El-Shamayleh went to Al Zaatri camp in northern Jordan to hear one family's story.

Deadly floods strike rain-soaked Sri Lanka

Published 21 December 2012 01:44

Flash floods have killed at least 25 people in Sri Lanka and left more than a quarter of a million marooned in their homes, disaster officials said. Heavy rains, which have battered the island for much of the week, were still being reported in 14 of Sri Lanka's 25 administrative districts on Thursday, with the central highlands - one of the world's key tea producing regions - the worst hit. Al Jazeera's Minelle Fernandez reports from Matale in central Sri Lanka.