MOGADISHU — Qatar Charity (QC)  launched projects for the holy Ramadan season in Somalia for the year 1445 AH / 2024 AD within the framework of starting to implement its Ramadan campaign “Endless Giving” outside Qatar, in the presence of HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Somalia Dr. …

MOGADISHU — The Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has on Saturday dispatched a ship carrying a humanitarian shipment of 4,000 tons from the Mogadishu sea port to Puntland state and the SSC Khatumo Transitional Administration. The ship is scheduled to dock at the Port of Bosaso where the humanitarian assistance …

JOWHAR — An outbreak of acute watery diarrhea has killed at least 20 people, mostly children, in Bal’ad town in Somalia’s southern region of Middle Shabelle, an official confirmed on Saturday. The acute watery diarrhea broke out in the Gololey Magacle and surrounding villages of Bal’ad town, located approximately 30km …

DOLLOW — Social worker Fartun Mumin Abdille goes door to door and sits with women in Somalia, she knows first hand how the climate crisis has made the country a more hostile place for women. Decades of violence and recent climate-related disasters such as droughts and floods have displaced millions …

MOGADISHU — Ahead of International Women’s Day, the UK’s top diplomat, Sir Philip Barton, joined British Ambassador to Somalia Mike Nithavrianakis and Somali Minister for Women, Human Rights and Development, Amina Hassan Ali, to launch the UK’s flagship Gaashaan project, which will support survivors of gender-based violence across Somalia. The …

MOGADISHU — The Deputy Chairperson of Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Dr. Ahmed A. Adan, on Tuesday held meeting with Dr. Abdalla Bin Salim Al-Nu’aymi, the Qatari Ambassador to Somalia. According to a statement from SoDMA, the meeting was aimed at bolstering support for humanitarian efforts and reinforcing bilateral cooperation. …

MOGADISHU — A roadside bomb explosion occurred today in the district of Heliwa in the Banadir region. The explosion targeted a military police vehicle. According to reports, the explosion took place in the Shaaciye neighborhood of Heliwa district, with witnesses stating that a government military vehicle was passing by at …

MOGADISHU — Some 37 people have died due to the outbreak of cholera in Somalia since January, indicating the severity of the outbreak, the country’s health ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Health and Human Services said there has been a significant rise in cholera cases, with a total of …

MOGADISHU — Open-heart surgeries could be carried out at a hospital named after the Turkish president and located in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The new department at Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital was opened with a ceremony on Monday thanks to cooperation between the Turkish and Somali health ministries. “It is …

Sahra Ahmed Abokor, a mother of six, migrated from Eeel Ade village more than a hundred kilometres from the township of Garadag. Abokor’s situation typifies that of tens of thousands of families living in the vast, arid regions of Togdheer, Sool and Sanag who were displaced by the severe drought …