MOGADISHU —  Already battered by climate change-related disasters such as floods and desert locust invasions, Somalia is now in the grip of a deadly drought that is causing massive displacement. People in several regions of the Horn of Africa country are heading for various towns and cities in search of …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said its intensified anti-desert locust operations have resulted in the reduction in the number of swarms in Somalia in the past month. FAO said in its desert locust situation update released on Thursday evening that its control operations …

MOGADISHU — A total of 729 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Somalia from a sample size of 9,158 tested in the last one week according to the data from the ministry of health. Somalia has reported 729 new COVID-19 cases in the past one week bringing the …

MOGADISHU —  The Drought Relief Committee (DRC) appointed by the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, has begun distributing the Government’s drought relief allocation. The committee, chaired by Somalia’s Minister of Relief and Disaster Management Khadijo Mohamed Diriye, handing over financial aid to drought-affected people …

MOGADISHU — The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Abdiwahab Ugas Hussein Khalif, received in his office WFP Representative in Somalia, Elkhidir Daluum, and discussed in depth how to strengthen the ministry’s partnership with WFP. The meeting focused on expanding cooperation between the two sides, with the signing of a …

MOGADISHU — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said Tuesday that in 2022 more than 20 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya will need urgent food assistance because of severe drought and conflict. “This is an increase of over 70% compared to food crises in 2016 …

MOGADISHU —  A Turkish Medical Center run by Yeryuzu Doktorlari, or Doctors Worldwide Turkey, provides free health care services to 47,532 families in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. “The beneficiaries who received our free health care service at the Mogadishu Health Centre from the beginning of 2019 to the end …

LASANOD – Fighting has reportedly erupted this morning in Saax-meygag area of Sool region, near Garowe, the administrative capital of Puntland. Reports say that the fighting between the two clans living in Sool and Nugal regions is based on grazing land in that area. The exact number of casualties is …

MOGADISHU — With the emergence and spread of COVID-19 across the world, social, political and economic activities came to a standstill in many countries, including Somalia. The implementation of movement restrictions, meant that people had to stay at home round the clock. The restrictions have notably increased incidences of gender-based …

BELEDWEYNE —  Ministers of Planning and Water of HirShabelle state along with officials from the Ministry of Planning of FGS and Hiraan Regional Administration have jointly laid the foundation stone for a dam project in Hela Kaliyo area on the outskirts of Beledweyne, SONNA reported. The project will be implemented …