MOGADISHU — The manager of the health facility where 8 healthcare workers were abducted and later executed is being held by the Criminal Investigations Department in Mogadishu for questioning. The manager whose identity can not be revealed for legal reason, together with another worker were picked up after the intelligence …

MOGADISHU — UN agencies on Friday officially released a flood response plan to help nearly one million people who have been affected by the flooding in Somalia. The 2020 Somalia Flood Response Plan seeks 59.85 million U.S. dollars to deliver life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands in 29 districts over …

Somalia’s Planning, Investment, and Economic Development Minister Gamal Hassan spoke with Aggrey Mutambo on the country’s economy and fighting corruption. Q: Somalia relies almost entirely on remittances. How is the government making it easier for diaspora investments, and how what is the effect on the economy? A: Remittances only account …

MOGADISHU —  The political and security gains made by Somalia over recent years could be at risk of reversal if swift action is not taken by the international community to help local authorities avert a major humanitarian crisis due to the combined effect of devastating floods, desert locusts and the …

MOGADISHU — Some 47 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Somalia, raising the tally of confirmed cases to over 2,000, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. “We have recorded the total number of positive cases reaching 2,023,” Health Minister Fawzia Abikar Nur said during the daily media briefing in …

MOGADISHU — Officials from Somalia’s health ministry have delivered much needed medical supplies to Galkayo and Afmadow towns in the regions of Lower Jubba and Mudug respectively. The authorities of Galmudug and Puntland received the package, including face masks, gloves, sanitizers, and other equipment aimed to contain the spread of …

BELEDWEYNE  — The Djiboutian contingent in Hiran region has today provided food aid to the displaced civilians in Beledweyne which have been affected by the recent flooding of the Shabelle River. Last month floodings in Baledweyne caused and resulted in many communities to flee from their residential homes. A donation …

NEWYORK — In a statement released by the UNICEF working humanitarian and children protection based New York City urged authorities to investigate and bring in hand whoever behind on the health personnel massacred in Somalia. “We are shocked and saddened by the unnecessary abduction and killing of the 7 health …

MOGADISHU — The UN humanitarian agency on Friday condemned the killing of seven health personnel and a civilian in Gololey village in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region by unknown gunmen. Adam Abdelmoula, the resident and humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, expressed shock at the killing. The eight Somali civilians were abducted on …

MOGADISHU — Somalia received US$ 1.9 billion in official development assistance (ODA) in 2019, comprised of roughly equal volumes of humanitarian (US$ 934 million) and development aid (US$ 924 million). The World Bank, United Kingdom, European Union, and Germany were the largest providers of development aid in 2019, together with …