Food Security Cluster

MOGADISHU — A second shipment of 25000 tons of relief wheat from Russia has arrived at the Mogadishu port. The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) commissioner Mahamud Moallim Abdulle while receiving the shipment said that the food aid will be distributed to people affected by draught and the El-Nino floods …

BELETWEYNE — Continuing its commitment to humanitarian relief in Hirshabelle State, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), on Tuesday distributed vital food and non-food items to vulnerable families in Beletweyne, central Somalia. More than 650 families displaced by last year’s El Nino-induced floods, benefitted from essential items including wheat …

MOGADISHU — Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has on Saturday dispatched essential relief assistance to Jubbaland State in efforts aimed alleviating the suffering of the families in the regional State. SoDMA senior management officials sent a boat carrying the relief humanitarian supplies from Mogadishu port to the Federal Member States. …

BELEWEYNE — As part of its ongoing efforts in humanitarian aid, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) on Thursday donated relief food to households in Bulobarde, Central region of Somalia, who were affected by the  recent El Nino-induced floods. The donations, which included essential items such as sugar, rice, …

RIYADH — The Saudi aid agency KSrelief has stepped up relief efforts in Yemen, Lebanon, Turkiye, Somalia and Pakistan. KSrelief’s prosthetics center in Yemen has provided help to hundreds of people in the war-torn country through physical therapy and other services. The rehabilitation center in Marib governorate provided 2,121 services …

MOGADISHU — The World Food Program (WFP) has said it requires 364 million U.S. dollars in net funding across all activities to scale up humanitarian assistance in Somalia between December 2023 and May 2024. The WFP said in its latest report released on Tuesday night that out of the figure, …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Livestock, Forestry, and Range of the Federal Government of Somalia officially launched a project in Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in the Horn of Africa. This project was jointly launched by the Deputy Prime Minister of the country Salah Ahmed Jama and the …

MOGADISHU — Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA)  has on Thursday dispatched 30 trucks of relief supplies and an emergency boat to Mahaday district of Middle Shabelle and its environs, Hirshabelle administration in the ongoing efforts to alleviate the impacts of the devastating floods. Dr. Ahmed Abdi Adan, the Deputy Chairman …

MOGADISHU — Somalia on Wednesday joined the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as its 17th member. FAO said Somalia has made great progress since 2020 to build the national institutional and technical capacity for locust control …

MOGADISHU — The Somali National Army (SNA) has evacuated several people who were left marooned by the floods in the Gedo region of Jubbaland regional state on Saturday. The force deployed its military personnel in Burdhubo district to carry out the evacuation exercise and save the lives of hundreds of …