MOGADISHU — More than 70 humanitarian organizations on Thursday called upon donors to urgently fund the current humanitarian appeal in order to respond to the hunger crisis in Somalia, where famine is projected from April to June. The aid agencies, including Save the Children, Oxfam, World Concern and Action Against …
Read More »UNHCR rushes assistance to some 100,000 newly arrived Somali refugees in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA — The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR on Tuesday said it is scaling up assistance in Ethiopia’s Somali region to support and assist recently arrived refugees fleeing clashes in Somalia. Some 100,000 Somalis have arrived in Ethiopia’s Doolo zone in the Somali region in the past four weeks to …
Read More »UN releases 2 mln USD to help save lives amid clashes in northern Somalia
MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Tuesday it has released 2 million U.S. dollars for life-saving interventions as clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia intensified. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the security situation in the …
Read More »Aid agencies say conflict worsening humanitarian situation in Somalia
MOGADISHU — Ongoing conflict in Somalia is worsening the humanitarian situation, making it harder for humanitarian organizations to access the populations in most need of assistance, aid agencies said. In a joint statement issued Sunday evening in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, local and international agencies under the umbrella of the …
Read More »FAO seeks funds to ramp up humanitarian response in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Monday it urgently requires additional funding to ramp up humanitarian response in Somalia, which is facing a devastating drought in 40 years. The FAO said while humanitarian assistance has prevented worse outcomes and staved off famine in …
Read More »Somalia donates $4.8 million to Türkiye quake victims
MOGADISHU — Somalia on Sunday said the federal government and the Somali people donated over $4.8 million to earthquake victims in Türkiye. Speaking in the capital Mogadishu, Somali Interior Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi announced the donation and thanked the Somali business community, women associations and others for the contribution. “The fundraising …
Read More »UN appeals for unhindered humanitarian access amid clashes in northern Somalia
MOGADISHU — The United Nations relief official in Somalia on Friday appealed for unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need as clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia intensifies. Magatte Guisse, the humanitarian coordinator for Somalia ad interim, said at least 80 people …
Read More »Charity: About 1.8M Somali children to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2023
MOGADISHU — About 1.8 million children aged under five are still expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Somalia this year, though the risk of famine has been averted for the time being, an international charity has warned. Save the Children said in a statement released in the Somali capital …
Read More »UN seeks more funding to ramp up humanitarian support in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has appealed for additional funding to sustain humanitarian response beyond March in Somalia, which is ravaged by devastating drought. Magatte Guisse, humanitarian coordinator for Somalia ad interim, said available funding levels can only sustain current level of humanitarian response interventions …
Read More »Qatar’s environment minister meets with his Somali counterpart in Doha
DOHA — The Qatari Environment and Climate Change Minister HE Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Nasser bin Ahmed Al-Thani met today with HE Minister of Environment and Climate Change of the Federal Republic of Somalia Khadija Mohamed Almakhzoumi and her accompanying delegation, who is visiting the country. The meeting discussed ways …
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