MOGADISHU — The Government of Italy has made an additional US$2 million contribution to fund the Productive Sectors Development Programme (PSDP) that seeks to boost job creation, access to economic opportunities for women and youth, development and strengthen governance to boost economic growth in Somalia. On Wednesday, H.E. Ambassador Alberto Vecchi, …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has reported eight new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 15,076. According to the health ministry, one patient recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people who recovered from the disease in …

HARGEISA — A young woman named Ms. Hinda Omar was raped and later killed in a bus in Hargeisa last week, relatives confirm. Hinda’s family members have accused that the driver of a yellow bus is incriminated and is responsible for the tragic killing and rape of the young female. …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations relief agency said Wednesday the current funding to respond to humanitarian needs in Somalia is the worst in six years. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said at mid-year, humanitarian agencies can barely meet the basic needs of nearly half of …

Somalia, like many countries, is affected by frequent climate-related hazards such as floods, droughts and tropical storms. Flood frequency has increased in Somalia over the past 20 years, resulting in the disruption of people’s livelihoods and the economy at large. Climate change – compounded with other factors such as low ability to adapt, a rapidly …

KAMPALA — At least 10 Somali refugees have died from starvation and COVID-19 in the last two weeks because they could not get help from Uganda’s government or their fellow nationals due to a lockdown, a community group said Monday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Khalis Muhammad, vice chairman of the …

MOGADISHU — About 40,000 adolescent girls and young women who have not had formal education in Somalia will now acquire skills to bolster their livelihoods through a new US funding. This follows a $15 million contribution by the USAID to the UK supported Adolescent Girls Education in Somalia (AGES) programme. The …

MOGADISHU — At least four people were killed and nine others wounded when a car bomb blast targeted a police convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, officials said. “On the 10th July, the terrorist group al-Shabaab carried out a car bomb blast targeting Banaadir regional police commander Col. Farhan …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said it has scaled up intensive aerial control operations against numerous immature swarms in northwest Somalia. In its latest update released on Thursday evening, the UN food agency said there was no locust seen during surveys in the …

MOGADISHU —  A roadside bomb explosion killed two civilians on board a passenger minibus and injured several others in Somalia’s central Mudug region, an official said on Friday. Abdi Mohamed, a local security official, told Anadolu Agency over the phone that the driver and his assistant was killed in the …