ADDIS ABABA — The adverse effect of climate change is further worsening the existing “widespread food insecurity” in the East Africa region, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Workneh Gebeyehu has said. Gebeyehu made the call in his address at the 14th Ordinary Assembly of the IGAD …

MOGADISHU — A total of 10 people including soldiers were killed and several others injured on Tuesday as a fierce gun battle between Somali National Army (SNA) and regional forces broke out in the port town of Barawe in southern Somalia, local authorities said. Mohamed Ibrahim Barre, governor of Lower …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is reeling from deadly flash and riverine flooding, with a staggering 468,000 people affected and 247,000 displaced as of June 6, according to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Experts argue that this natural disaster, which has emerged in the …

MOGADISHU — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that one of its employees was among those killed in an attack last week on a popular beachside hotel in Somalia’s capital by members of the al-Shabaab terrorist group. The siege on June 9 left six people dead …

ADDIS ABABA — Two months after the launch of the interagency refugee response appeal to provide support for Somali refugees fleeing to Ethiopia since February, only 2% of the dedicated funds have been received. The appeal was for $116 million (about €107 million), said the United Nations High Commissioner for …

URUMQI — “Alone we go fast, but together we go further,” said Marcelin Sanou, who works for the African initiative Great Green Wall, emphasizing the significance of international cooperation in combating desertification. Sanou, chief of the planning, monitoring-evaluation and information management at the Pan-African Agency for the Great Green Wall, …

MOGADISHU — “UNICEF is deeply shocked and horrified by reports that at least 22 children were among 27 people killed in an explosion in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia following the detonation of an unexploded remnant of war in an area where the children were playing. “We extend our …

MOGADISHU — The Somalia government says an attack launched Friday by al-Shabab militants on a Mogadishu hotel has ended. State media report that security forces successfully neutralized the militants who stormed the Pearl Beach hotel on Friday evening and rescued a large number of civilians. Somalia police said nine people …

MOGADISHU — At least 25 children were killed and several others injured after unexploded ordnance went off at a playing field near Qoryoley town in southern Somalia on Friday, local authorities confirmed. The tragedy was caused by explosive remnants of war like bombs and landmines that children were playing with …

Droughts and armed conflicts, combined with the lack of access to essential services in different parts of Somalia, have forced thousands of people to migrate from rural areas to cities. Mogadishu, Baidoa, Kismayo and Beletweyne are among the final destinations of the displaced populations. This has created a huge number …