UNITED NATIONS — China on Wednesday called for more assistance and a quicker humanitarian response from the international community to help prevent Somalia from humanitarian disaster. Dai Bing, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), made the remarks during a UN Security Council meeting discussing the Somalia issue, …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, has expressed concern about the malnutrition crisis in Somalia amid a looming famine. UNICEF Representative in Somalia Wafaa Saeed Abdelatef said disease outbreaks have spiked between January-July period, with at least 8,400 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera and around 13,000 …

NEW YORK — The UN’s top envoy in Somalia, James Swan, briefed the Security Council for the first time since Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected President of Somalia. In his five-minute address to the world body, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General said a humanitarian crisis was unfolding in Somalia. …

GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, is warning that the displacement crisis in the Horn of Africa and Sahel is getting worse as the impact of climate change and conflict are forcing more people to flee in search of safety and humanitarian assistance. Climate shocks like floods and droughts are …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Tuesday it needs 270 million U.S. dollars in urgent funding for humanitarian aid to 1.8 million Somalis across 52 districts. The FAO, which called for immediate and scaled-up assistance to devastated rural communities to avert catastrophe, said …

MOGADISHU — At least 730 children have died in nutrition centers across Somalia this year, the UN Children’s Fund said on Tuesday, warning of a famine in the coming months. “Malnutrition has reached crisis levels – 1.5 million children, nearly half of the under-five population, are likely to have acute malnutrition,’’ …

MOGADISHU — Parts of Somalia will be hit by famine between October and December as a drought worsens and global food prices surge, the United Nations said on Monday. The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years and experts say the region is on track for …

MOGADISHU– The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) vowed on Saturday to partner with local security forces to pursue peace despite increased attacks by al-Shabab in the country. ATMIS also condemned the brazen attack on a commercial convoy by the militant group on Friday night which resulted in …

MOGADISHU — Terrorist group al-Shabab killed at least 20 people and burned seven vehicles that were transporting food relief in the central Hiiraan region of Somalia on Saturday morning. Four trucks carrying goods and three passenger minibuses were set on fire near the remote town of Mahas. “Passengers were killed, wounded …

DJABOUTI — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD has appointed former Somali federal Planning Minister Amb. Gamal Mohamed Hassan as the head of the IGAD Centre for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Protection (CAEP) in Somalia. IGAD established the research center last December in Mogadishu to combat climate change. Former Somali …