Food concerns deepen as 345m face acute shortages in UN famine warning Millions of people struggling for food every day are seeing their hopes dimmed by soaring grain prices and tight supplies amid the impact of climate change and Western sanctions on Russia. Wheat prices are likely to change unevenly …

MOGADISHU — At least three people were killed and more than 11 wounded Thursday in the Somali capital in a mortar attack near the residence of the president, according to police. Ibrahim Ahmed, a security official in Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency that the early morning attack killed women and children after …

MOGADISHU — Following the arrival of a UAE aid ship at the port of Mogadishu, Emirati charity organizations, in collaboration with the Somali Disaster Management Agency and other authorities responsible for distributing relief aid, have begun distributing aid to residents in areas affected by drought in parts of Mahas and …

MOGADISHU — On 27 August 2022, Somalia received 1 645 600 doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines from the Government of Sweden and the Government of the Czech Republic. The vaccines were donated by both countries through the COVAX Facility. So far, around 2.3 million people have …

TUNISIA — The Minister of Planning Mohamud alias Beene-beene held a meeting with the Vice President of the Japan Development Agency (JICA) Nakamura Toshiyuki in Tunisia. They discussed issues related to a cooperation between the two countries, and JICA’s support in Somalia, including scholarships for Somali youth at Japan universities. …

BAIDOA — Somalia, the most climate change-affected country in the Horn of Africa, is facing a catastrophic drought that has already claimed hundreds of lives. Baidoa, the capital of Southwest State, hosts thousands of new arrivals from rural areas after the drought devastated their farms and livestock, some of them walking …

RIYADH — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) will launch early next week the second phase of the emergency intervention which will contribute to reducing the repercussions of drought and famine facing Somalia and impacting its citizens, after the end of the first relief phase. This was announced …

MOGADISHU — Somali government dispatched four planes carrying food aid to the Beledweyne and Bulaburte districts in Hiiraan region on Tuesday. Chairman of Somalia’s Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mohamud Moalim Abdullahi, Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office, Mohamed Abukar Zubeyr and other officials who coordinated the aid did not …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations refugee agency has urgently appealed for 9.8 million U.S. dollars to address the growing child protection needs in Somalia. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said an estimated 2.3 million girls and boys are at imminent risk of violence, exploitation, abuse, neglect, and death …

UNITED NATIONS — Children in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel could die in devastating numbers unless urgent support is provided, as severe malnutrition and the risk of water-borne disease collide, warned UNICEF on Tuesday. “History shows that when high levels of severe acute malnutrition in children combine with …