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. …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s education minister Abdullahi Godah Bare has once again said that students from Puntland state who have not sat for the official standardized test will not have their final certificates recognized by the Mogadishu administration on Friday. The minister also called on the Puntland politicians to take the …

MOGADISHU – Somalia has on Wednesday launched a new unified curriculum for secondary schools countrywide in what could end years of multiple nonstandardized school systems. While launching the new curriculum in Mogadishu Wednesday, President Farmaajo said the attainment of a unified system was a step forward in rebuilding the education …

MOGADISHU — In light of the current threat to public health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to prevent the spread of the virus, FAO has launched today a new radio distance learning and extension service that complements its cash and livelihood support, for the most vulnerable farmers, pastoralists and …

BAL’AD — Acting Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Abdullahi Godah Barre on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the new School for the Agriculture in Bal’ad district in Middle Shabelle region in Hirshabelle State, SONNA reported. Bal’ad District Commissioner, Qasim Ali …

MOGADISHU — Two UN agencies said Monday they have kicked off a three-day campaign aimed at immunizing 400,000 children under the age of five in Somalia against polio and measles. The 1,200 health workers will also offer vitamin A and deworming tablets at fixed and outreach sites, all amid a …

KAMPALA — UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce its food and cash assistance for refugees in Eastern Africa by up to 30 per cent, the agency has said, voicing fears that the reductions could worsen in the coming months unless urgent additional funding is received in …

MOGADISHU — The Government of Canada has provided CAD$ 11 million to support the Government of Somalia, through UNFPA, on a new initiative on Strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights through strengthening midwifery education and practice. This includes CAD$ 1 million dedicated to an enhanced response to the current …