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. …

MOGADISHU — Galmudug state Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the federal ministry of Agriculture has launched a plan to combat locusts in the area. The initiative also aims to fight against the locusts which landed on crops and destroyed animal pasture in generally. Various farmers and pastoralists have called …

MOGADISHU — Hundreds of people took to the streets of Mogadishu on Thursday, condemning massive explosion that killed nearly 90 people and wounded more than 140 others. The protest came in response to a call from the city’s mayor for a massive rally to pray for those killed and injured …

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 28 August 2019 the appointment of Adam Abdelmoula of Sudan (as well as a national of the United States) as his Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, where he will also serve as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the United Nations …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – On the directives of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, a Qatari Air Force plane carrying medical aid arrived Monday in Somalia to support those who were injured as a result of the recent terrorist bombing in the capital Mogadishu. The medical and relief …