MOGADISHU — Malta-based humanitarian NGO MOAS has delivered 25 tonnes of life-saving nutritional supplies to Somalia, as a continuation of their programme #MissionOfHope. MOAS is an international humanitarian organization founded in 2013 and dedicated to providing humanitarian aid and services to the most vulnerable communities around the world. Through their …

BAIDOA — Two children died while five others sustained injuries when a landmine they were playing with exploded to them in Goofgaduud Burey area of ​​Bay region. Some of the children affected by the improvised explosive device were relatives according to a local administration official we spoke to. “The children …

Christophe Hodder’s job description is unique: he is the first United Nations climate and security expert within the framework of a UN peace mission. His position is funded by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office due to that country’s stance on the subject of climate and security in the world body’s agenda. …

MOGADISHU — The UN humanitarian agency said on Wednesday that shortage of funding continues to hamper life-saving response to the ongoing floods in Somalia. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) advisory board has approved a 9 million U.S. dollar reserve …

BALADWEYNE – Thousands are fleeing Baladweyne town after residents of three districts were forced to evacuate and breaches allowed floods to sweep through the town in Somalia’s south. Residents say Shabelle river has been overflowing its defenses over the past few days and high tides merged with the heavy runoff …

MOGADISHU — An umbrella body for schools in Somalia wants Education Minister Abdullahi Godah Barre fired for “creating a crisis” in the country after thousands of candidates scored below average marks in national exams. The School Association for Formal Education [SAFE]said the failures in the exams could create fertile grounds …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has recorded 52 positive coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total tally of confirmed cases to 3,362. Speaking during the daily Covid-19 briefing from Mogadishu Minister of health Fauzia Abikar Nur announced that 159 more patients recovered from the virus rising the total number …

NEW YORK — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that there is a risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in four countries affected by conflict — Congo, Yemen, northeast Nigeria, and South Sudan — and the lives of millions of people are in danger. In a note to Security Council …

DJIBOUTI — The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) has warned that new swarms of the desert locust are forming in the Eastern Africa region. The organization says locust swarms have been reported in the last 6-weeks in northwestern Kenya, southern, northern and northeastern Ethiopia, northwest and northeastern Somalia. …

MOGADISHU — The collapse of the central government in Somalia in the early 1990s affected farming adversely as extension services and export of produce came to a halt. Nevertheless, local farmers like Abdurrahman Hassan Yusuf have adopted modern food production systems to beat hunger and malnutrition amid COVID-19 related disruptions. …