GENEVA — This year’s World Humanitarian Day is being commemorated at a time of increased risk for the thousands of aid workers who put their lives on the line every day to help millions of people affected by conflict and natural and human-made disasters. The United Nations says humanitarian workers …
Read More »UN secretary-general appoints new resident coordinator for Somalia
MOGADISHU — The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed George Conway as his new deputy special representative for Somalia with the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and resident coordinator in Somalia. Conway will also serve as the humanitarian coordinator in Somalia where the humanitarian situation remains extremely alarming, with …
Read More »UN: Violence against aid workers shows no respite
UNITED NATIONS — A total of 62 humanitarian aid workers have died this year around the world, the United Nations said Thursday as it prepared to mark 20 years since a devastating attack on the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad. The U.N. observes World Humanitarian Day on Aug. 19 each year …
Read More »FAO launches action plan to tackle El Nino rains in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the British embassy in Mogadishu on Wednesday launched a 3.8-million-U.S.-dollar anticipatory action ahead of the El Nino event in Somalia. The FAO said the anticipatory action and preparedness initiative will target about 1.2 million people who are …
Read More »Somalia, UNFAO partner to develop plan to fight CC
MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Somalia are collaborating to help the country join the global fight against climate change. The FAO said Tuesday evening that the collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (CC)seeks to develop the country’s nationally determined …
Read More »Somalia, UN agencies roll out cholera vaccination drive
MOGADISHU — Somalia and the UN agencies said Sunday they are rolling out a five-day cholera vaccination campaign in five districts targeting 590,803 people aged one year and above including pregnant mothers. Somalia’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in …
Read More »Eight killed in two separate Somalia bombings
MOGADISHU — At least eight people have been killed and six others injured in two separate explosions in Somalia, residents say. At least five people were killed, and four others were injured in the town of Jalalaqsi in the Hiran region after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at …
Read More »Roadside explosion kills at least six in Somalia
MOGADISHU — At least six people were killed and 12 others were injured when a roadside explosion hit a minibus in southern Somalia on Wednesday morning, the local governor says. Mohamed Ibrahim Barre, the governor of the Lower Shabelle region, told VOA Somali that the minibus was travelling between Marka …
Read More »UN health agency ramps up response after cholera kills 30 in Somalia since January
MOGADISHU — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday it has ramped up response interventions to save lives and prevent cholera transmission in Somalia after 30 people died of the disease since January. The WHO said Somalia has had uninterrupted cholera transmission in 28 drought-affected districts since 2022 and in …
Read More »China donates $151,000 to boost aid delivery in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) on Sunday received a 150,996-U.S.-dollar donation from China to support delivery of emergency aid to victims of conflict and national disasters in the country. Mahamud Moallim Abdulle, SoDMA Chairman, hailed China for the donation, stressing the vitality of the long term relationship …
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