HARGEISA — Heavy fire broke out today in Somaliland’s biggest and main market of Hargeisa, causing heavy financial losses. Police and volunteers using fire trucks could be seen trying to put out the blaze, and efforts are still under way to prevent the blaze from spreading to other areas. The …
Read More »East Africa faces worst hunger crisis in decades
NAIROBI — The wind is dry and the heat is punishing in Kapetadie, a remote village in Turkana County in northern Kenya near the border to South Sudan. Parched earth stretches as far as the eye can see, littered with the carcasses of dead cows, goats and other livestock who …
Read More »Federal MoHADM dispatched food aid to some parts of the country
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management(MoHADM) has on Thursday dispatched a consignment of food aid to Burhakaba and Galkayo districts. This is part of the Federal government ongoing emergency relief assistance and responses to people who have been hardly hit by the drought in the Horn …
Read More »Somalia: UN human rights expert to conduct first visit
GENEVA — The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Isha Dyfan, will conduct her first official visit to the country from 28 March to 2 April 2022. Dyfan’s visit follows her appointment by the Human Rights Council in 2020 as an independent expert to assess, monitor …
Read More »Severe drought risks famine in Somalia, UN warns
MOGADISHU — The UN migration agency on Monday warned that Somalia is facing the risk of famine due to severe drought. In a statement on Twitter, the International Organization for Migration said the humanitarian partners operating in the Horn of Africa country reached 1.8 million drought-affected people with food and …
Read More »UN: As impact of drought worsens, growing risk of famine in Somalia
MOGADISHU — Standing in front of his makeshift home in a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in southern Somalia’s Luuq district, Ahmad Hassan Yarrow looks out towards what remains of the Juba River and shakes his head forlornly. “Of all the droughts I have experienced in my 70 years, …
Read More »Switzerland announces new funding to help people in Somalia and Ethiopia
MOGADISHU — The Horn of Africa is being hit by one of the worst droughts in recent history. Around 10 million people in Ethiopia and Somalia, including large numbers of women, children and the elderly, face an existential threat caused by severe food shortages. Switzerland is very concerned about the …
Read More »Southwest State journalists trained on advancing human rights and peace building
BAIDOA — Thirty-five journalists based in Southwest State (SWS) have undergone training aimed at amplifying use of media platforms to encourage peaceful co-existence and the respect for human rights and dignity. The three-day training was supported by the African Union Mission In Somalia (AMISOM) and facilitated by the SWS Ministry …
Read More »IOM: 190K migrants in Yemen in ‘dire’ need of assistance
SANAA — Around 190,000 migrants in war-torn Yemen are in “dire” need of assistance, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Saturday. “More than 4 million people who have fled their homes in search of safety, and some 190,000 migrants from the Horn of Africa, are in dire need of …
Read More »AMISOM explores new ways to counter IEDs
MOGADISHU — Military engineers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have completed a four-day training to counter the evolving threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which have become a weapon of choice for terrorists. The training, which kicked off on Tuesday and ended on Friday in …
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