Food Security Cluster

ADDIS ABABA  — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday warned swarms of desert locusts are expected to descend on parts of Ethiopia and Somalia. “Despite an earlier decline, the current upsurge prevails in the Horn of Africa where good rains allowed breeding to continue with hatching and …

BAIDOA —  At least 19 people were poisoned this week in Rabdhuure district in Bakool region, some of them seriously ill after eating meat from camels sick with mysterious sickness, officials and activists said. Rabdhuure is a small district located in Bakool region near the border with Ethiopia. The poisoning …

NAIROBI  — The demand for camel milk has gone up in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in the past year amid a quest to boost immunity against COVID-19, industry leaders said Tuesday during World Milk Day. Bashir Warsame, founder of the Nairobi-based camel milk and camel yoghurt producer Nuug Camel Milk, …

MOGADISHU — The Horn of Africa region is staring at food shortages after the delayed start of the long rains in some countries and below-average rainfall in others. The UN and the government of Somalia have jointly declared drought in the country after officials determined that 80 percent of Somalia …

BRUSSELS/ROME  — The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has welcomed an €8 million contribution from the European Union (EU) that will enable countries in the Horn of Africa to maintain a state of readiness in the face of a possible resurgence …

MOGADISHU — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) concluded yesterday the distribution project of al-Fitr related Zakat for 2021 in Somalia. The project benefited 137,142 individuals in various Somali towns and adjacent villages, as they received about 458 tons of rice. Ending of the project with the conclusion …

MOGADISHU — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center launched today the Eid Al-Fitr Zakat Distribution Project in Somalia. KSrelief distributed 22,857 bags of rice weighing 458 tons in Galkayo city, Puntland State and Hargeisa city, Somaliland, benefiting 137,142 individuals. Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs of Somaliland Sheikh Khalil …

MOGADISHU — The Turkish Red Crescent on Sunday distributed food packages to the needy across Somalia, an official said. A total of 1,420 food packages, including 420 in KM4 area of Hodan district in the capital Mogadishu, Orhan Kokcu, the organization’s head in the East African country, told Anadolu Agency. Over …

ANKARA — A Turkish aid agency has distributed iftar (fast-breaking) meals to orphans both at home and abroad on the occasion of World Orphans Day. The Turkish Red Crescent, which holds various activities every year on the 15th day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that is observed as …

MOGADISHU — Qatar Charity(QC), with funding from the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), has started distributing 50 tons of camel meat to the needy and the displaced in the suburbs of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, under the supervision of the Qatari Embassy. This comes as part of Qatar Charity’s …