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 …

MOGADISHU — Mogadishu mayor who also doubles up as Benadir governor Omar Mohamud Omar Filish has warned Mogadishu residents of the second wave of COVID-19 infections. The governor said there may be coronavirus come back in the country especially in the capital Mogadishu and they are planning to resume awareness …

MOGADISHU — There are now 3,275 cases of the coronavirus in Somalia according to health ministry’s tally with a total of 95 deaths. On Wednesday the health minister, Dr. Fowzia Abikar Nur reported 12 new cases in the past 24 hours. The total includes cases from 3 regions with Mogadishu …

GAROWE — Somalia’s Puntland state has ordered UN and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) workers to pay tax or their work licenses revoked crackdown on evasion. Puntland Attorney General Mohamed Hared Farah said his office has up to 140 names of people who are working for different NGOs under the UN but …

MOGADISHU — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Tuesday primary healthcare visits and childhood vaccination coverage have sharply declined in Somalia amid the COVID-19 pandemic as infectious diseases surge. The charity said the drop in healthcare visits has raised concerns that diseases such as respiratory infections, measles, …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations (UN) and its partners have raised concerns about gaps in geographic coverage of testing of COVID-19 cases in Somalia amid daily declines in the number of confirmed cases in August. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest COVID-19 …

MOGADISHU — The Micronutrient Survey launched by the Federal Ministry of Health and UNICEF today shines a spotlight on the nutrition status of women and children in Somalia. According to the survey, the nutrition status of women and children has improved during the past decade. Nine in ten infants are …

MOGADISHU — A Somali judge has sentenced a senior health ministry official to nine years in jail for stealing funds and improper of the genuine seal, in what was a minor victory against endemic corruption in the horn African nation. The prosecutors accused Abdullahi Hashi Ali, Director-General of Health Ministry …

KISMAYO — Kenyan soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) handed over three newly renovated classrooms at Hosingow Primary School in the Lower Jubba region of Jubaland State of Somalia, to the local administration, in an effort to improve education in the area. The renovation of the …