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AMISOM and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Friday launched the Somalia Civil-Military Working Group Report that details achievements made in humanitarian support in the past three years in the country.


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Brady warned that Somalia was not out of the woods yet in relation to the famine threat, saying the country was still in need of assistance which requires coordination between humanitarian agencies and the military.


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Apart from detailing the progress made, the report calls for the development and compliance to Somalia Country Specific Humanitarian Guidelines to help in tackling future humanitarian crises.


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BEIJING， Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chen Guohua， 64， a lover of square dancing， no longer worries about finding a dance venue where she will not disturb the neighbors.


As performers in the 80-minute drama， "5060 Dance Theater with Dama，" Chen and five other Chinese "dama" (a Chinese term for middle-aged and elderly women) have danced in Penghao Theater in downtown Beijing for the past year， and even performed on the international stage in October's Vie Festival in Bologna， Italy.


"At first， we only took the play as a pastime and a way of doing exercise. None of us ever anticipated performing in Italy，" said Tian Ying， a 63-year-old performer. "I think few retirees can do what we are doing now."


From public squares to public theaters， these dama are more than just square dancers -- dancers using simple movements to popular songs， incredibly popular throughout China -- their body language tells the life story of a generation of women born in the 1950s.


The choreography includes pieces of Beijing opera， ballroom dancing and even daily chores; simple but unique， the movements draw on modern German dance， ballet and Chinese folk dance.


All six performers were members of their community dance troupes for retired residents， but none of them had ever received professional training before.


It was Wang Mengfan， a 26-year-old director， and her young team that led these dancing dama to the theater. "Square dancing introduced me to them and inspired me，" Wang said.


While shooting a documentary film about square dancing two years ago， Wang found that the dancing was only a small part of these women's lives.


"They are beautiful in many ways，" Wang said. "The play presents the different facets of their beauty."


The play premiered at the sixth Beijing Nanluoguxiang Performing Arts Festival in Penghao Theater in July last year.


"It is an interesting idea to bring ordinary people， like these dama， into the theater，" said Xie Pang， PR manager of Penghao Theater."The idea fits with Penghao's aim to draw common people nearer art. That's why we included it in the festival."


As one of the leading private theaters in China， Penghao is popular among young theater lovers， many of whom are theater students and well-educated white collar workers.


The tickets for these dama's debut sold out， and due to popular demand they gave three more performances in September last year.


At that time， Pietro Valenti， art director of Vie Festival， was on a visit to Penghao， and on seeing the play he immediately decided to invite them to perform in Italy.


However， the performance had more than its fair share of diff.