MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Chinese Ambassador to Somalia H.E. Qin Jian has today handed over 1.5 Million U.S Dollar in Cash to Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Ahmed Isse Awad to help people affected by floods after handing over ceremony held at the Ministry in Mogadishu, SONNA reported. Ahmed Awad …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Rainfall totals during the first half of the April to June Gu season are some of the highest on the 1981-2017 record, equivalent to between 130 and over 200 percent of average (Figure 1). The heavy rainfall marks the end of prolonged drought across much of the …

GAROWE (SOHA) – Puntland President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali “Gaas” has on Saturday appointed new ministers amid corruption allegations in his administration. Dahir Haji Khalif was named as the new Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation after former Abdinur Elmi Mohamud died in Mogadishu in January this year. According to a Puntland presidential …

RIYADH (SOHA) – King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) signed on Thursday a joint agreement to improve access to drinking water, personal use and sanitation for refugees in Somalia in collaboration with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) at a cost of US$ two million. The agreement was co-signed …

DUBLIN, Ireland (SOHA) – The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney T.D, and Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development, Mr. Ciarán Cannon, T.D., yesterday announced Irish funding of €3 million for the severe humanitarian crisis in Somalia. It is estimated that 5.4 million people …

DADAAB (SOHA) – Between the rape she suffered during a traumatic return to Somalia, the constant hunger, and the uncertainty of her future in Kenya’s Dadaab camp, Fartun has almost forgotten what hope feels like. Between the rape she suffered during a traumatic return to Somalia, the constant hunger, and …

2014 UN Environment Champion of the Earth Fatima Jibrell once said: “People are fighting about limited resources, destroyed by displaced youth: a ready pool for hire for war lords, companies of charcoal; for piracy and for every other evil thing that they could find.”It is up to us to come together and …

JEDDAH (SOHA) – The OIC General Secretariat calls upon the Member States and their humanitarian organisations to urgently extend immediate assistance to Somalia, which is currently facing devastating floods in the southern parts of the country affected by the heavy rains on the Ethiopian highlands. Based on the information received …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Flash and river floods, caused by heavy rainfall, in Somalia have affected more than 695 000 people, and displaced nearly 215 000 of these, in the last few days. Most flooding occurred in the regions of Bakool, Banadir, Bay, Hiraan, Lower Juba, Middle Juba and Middle Shabelle. One …

GENEVA (SOHA) – The SOHA Network which specialized in observing and following up the Somali humanitarian scene, publishes a joint statement by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, and the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Francesco Roca, …