MOGADISHU — Somalia’s federal authorities and international partners today launched a plan requiring more than $1 billion to provide much-needed humanitarian aid to some three million Somalis this year. “As we launch this plan, we must reflect on the nature of the humanitarian crises that Somalia continues to suffer. Just …

HARGEISA — Somaliland firefighters have trained 300 people, including 210 women, on preventing and tackling fires in two large IDP camps outside the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa. Nasa-hablod A and B camps have suffered at least five major fires in the last two years, causing loss of life and property. The …

BURAO — The municipal authority in the northern town of Burao, Somaliland, has provided title deeds to 450 internally displaced families, who have been living as squatters near the airport for the past three years. The municipality has given each family a plot measuring 12 x 12 metres on which …

JOWHAR –– Aid agencies operating in HirShabelle have until the end of this month to seek fresh registration or have their licenses withdrawn, the regional government has said. The Ministry of Planning in HirShabelle directed Sunday all local and international humanitarian agencies to seek fresh registration to enable them continue …

ADDIS ABABA — The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food security in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, authorities say. Unusual climate conditions are partly to blame. The locust swarms hang like shimmering dark clouds on …

HOBYO  — Nearly 100 fishermen in the Somali coastal town of Hobyo, Mudug region, have stopped going out to sea because the town lacks electricity to power cold storage facilities. Two of the three power companies that had been providing electricity to Hobyo pulled out three months ago, citing the …

DINSOR — The International Bank of Somalia (IBS) and SOS Somalia have partnered to provide collateral-free loans to 87 small businesses in Dinsor town, Bay region, which is under an Al-Shabaab blockade. Kataba Ma’alin Abdulqadir, a local businesswoman, told Radio Ergo that she has received an $800 loan to buy …

BELETWEYNE  — Farmers in central Somalia’s Hiran region, whose farms were submerged by recent floods, are having to contend with swarms of locust devouring whatever they have planted since then. Kadiye Abdi Gadod, a farmer in Hodug, 34 km west of Beletweyne town, told Radio Ergo that locust swarms have …

MOGADISHU — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 750 food baskets for the flood-affected people in Somalia, benefiting 4,500 people. This comes within the framework of the humanitarian and relief projects being provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by KSrelief, to the people of …

HARGEISA — A two-day job fair held in Hargeisa, has helped 50 young people, including 20 women, find gainful employment. The job fair billed as the first of its kind in Hargeisa was held on 29 and 30 December 2019 and was attended by local companies and 300 job seekers. …