MOGADISHU — As part of its Quick Impact Projects which provides local communities across Somalia with basic social services, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is constructing a school and a clinic next to the Halano II Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Baidoa, the South West State of …
Read More »Qatar Charity signs MoU with health department in Banadir
MOGADISHU — Qatar Charity (QC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Health Department of Somalia’s Banadir region to co-operate in delivering health care services in the region. The MoU comes in support of the health sector’s efforts in providing health services to the people in Banadir Region. Abdinur …
Read More »11 killed as suicide bombing hits Mogadishu
MOGADISHU — At least 11 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a tea shop in Mogadishu’s Wadajir neighborhood on Tuesday evening, said the police. Dadir Hassan, a police officer in the capital Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency (AA) …
Read More »UN: Attacks on humanitarian workers fall in Somalia in Q2
MOGADISHU — Violent attacks on humanitarian workers operating in Somalia decreased in the first six months to June 30, or second quarter (Q2), compared to a similar period last year, the United Nations humanitarian agency said Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said no aid …
Read More »UN banks on media to help end FGM in Somalia
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s may have last week struggled with its old political problems after President Mohamed Farmaajo bitterly differed with his Prime Minister Hussein Roble. But the country faces another continual problem: female genital mutilation (FGM). Data from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) confirms long-held fears that Somalia is the …
Read More »Livestock production in Somaliland is stabilized through farmer trainings
MOGADISHU — FAO’s work through the Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme Building food system resilience in protracted crises (FNS-REPRO), is a project funded by the Government of the Netherlands that spans across Somaliland to Sudan and South Sudan over a period of two years. The overarching outcome is to …
Read More »UN says over 3.5M people face food crisis in Somalia
MOGADISHU — About 3.5 million people are expected to face an acute food insecurity crisis in Somalia through the end of 2021 due to lack of humanitarian assistance, says a United Nations-backed food security report released in Mogadishu on Thursday. The joint assessment by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis …
Read More »FSNAU, FEWS NET issue 2021 post Gu technical release
MOGADISHU — Nearly 3.5 million people across Somalia are expected to face food consumption gaps or depletion of livelihood assets indicative of Crisis (IPC Phase 3)1 or worse outcomes through the end of the year, in the absence of humanitarian assistance. The key drivers of acute food insecurity in Somalia …
Read More »AMISOM officers trained on civilian protection
KISMAYO — Kenyan troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Kismayo have undergone a refresher training on Civilian Protection during military operations. The training, which covered International Humanitarian Law, specifically the protection of women and children, conflict-related sexual violence and gender-based violence, was to reinforce the …
Read More »More than 95 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The ministry of health said a total of 17,726 cases have been confirmed since mid-March when the country recorded its first case. Of the new cases, 47 were female while 49 were male. Some 59 people recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of successful recoveries to 8,663. …
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