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MOGADISHU — The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) is set to convene the upcoming Country Humanitarian Forum (CHF) on Thursday, August 6, 2025, at Ruun Jinaad Hotel located in the Villa KGS compound in Baidoa. Under the theme:“Driving Localized, Inclusive, and Resilient Humanitarian Action amid Rising Needs in Somalia,” the …

MOGADISHU — The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to allocate USD 500,000 in emergency humanitarian aid to assist communities affected by the ongoing drought in Awdal Region, northwestern Somalia. In an official statement, SoDMA Chairman Mahmoud Moallim Abdullahi expressed appreciation for the government’s swift …

MOGADISHU — The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has released a new field report warning of a sharp deterioration in humanitarian conditions across multiple regions, with critical focus on Awdal, Hiraan, and Gedo provinces—areas now grappling with severe drought, mass displacement, and ongoing armed conflict. The report underscores the escalating …

MOGADISHU — The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has begun high-level preparations for the Second Somalia Disaster Resilience Conference, set to take place in Mogadishu on October 22–23, 2025. On Sunday, SoDMA Chairman Mohamoud Moallim Abdulle chaired a strategic consultative meeting at the agency’s headquarters to accelerate planning efforts for …

MOGADISHU — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday warned of a surge in severe malnutrition among children across Somalia, with health facilities it supports seeing record admissions since the devastating drought in 2023. The charity said nutritional clinics that once played the key role in preventing …

MOGADISHU — The UK announces new funding to support Somalia’s most vulnerable communities, including building their resilience to climate shocks, taking the total for the past year to over $106m. The British Embassy Mogadishu today announced over $40 million in new humanitarian and health aid to support Somalia’s most vulnerable …

MOGADISHU — Nearly six million people in Somalia, almost a third of the country’s population, need humanitarian aid this year, the United Nations said Wednesday as it launched a $1.43 billion funding appeal. The Horn of Africa nation is one of the world’s poorest, enduring decades of civil war, a …

MOGADISHU — The Chairman of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mr. Mahamoud Moallim Abdulle, and the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mr. George Conway, co-chaired the launch of the 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan for Somalia today. The plan aims to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in the …

MOGADISHU, Somalia — the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), declared on Monday that the nation is in the grips of a severe drought, primarily due to the significantly delayed Deyr rainy season, which spans from September through November. The situation has escalated into a humanitarian crisis, affecting over 6 million people …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Sunday that it requires 1.42 billion U.S. dollars in 2025 to ramp up humanitarian operations in Somalia, where 5.98 million people are in need of assistance. The OCHA, which launched the Somalia 2025 Humanitarian Needs and …