Food Security Cluster

ADDIS ABABA — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition and food security aspects of the COVID-19 crisis through a raft of immediate and longer-term measures. The Feed Africa Response to COVID-19 (FAREC) paves the …

BELEDWEYNE — The President of Hirshabelle State of Somalia, Mohamed Abdi Ware handed over aid fund to Beledweyne Floods Commission from the Federal Government of Somalia and Djibouti in a meeting held attended by members of Hirshabelle state officials, various sections of the Beledweyne community led by youth and traditional …

MOGADISHU —  The political and security gains made by Somalia over recent years could be at risk of reversal if swift action is not taken by the international community to help local authorities avert a major humanitarian crisis due to the combined effect of devastating floods, desert locusts and the …

BELEDWEYNE  — The Djiboutian contingent in Hiran region has today provided food aid to the displaced civilians in Beledweyne which have been affected by the recent flooding of the Shabelle River. Last month floodings in Baledweyne caused and resulted in many communities to flee from their residential homes. A donation …

MOGADISHU — Somalia received US$ 1.9 billion in official development assistance (ODA) in 2019, comprised of roughly equal volumes of humanitarian (US$ 934 million) and development aid (US$ 924 million). The World Bank, United Kingdom, European Union, and Germany were the largest providers of development aid in 2019, together with …

HARGEISA — FOA Somalia has this week handed over 6 vehicles equipped with vehicle-mounted sprayers and backpacks to Somaliland’s minister of Agricultural Development amid in a bit to fight the grown desert locust invasion in Somaliland regions, FOA Somalia said. Funded by USAID Somalia, the equipped vehicles are expected to …

MOGADISHU — Minister of labour and social affairs of the federal republic of Somalia Sadiq Hirsi Warfaa and the Commissioner for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons have pledged the work towards the creation of job opportunities. The two spoke during a meeting the minister’s office in which they promised to …

BRUSSELS — The European Union has announced €105.5 million in aid to Horn of Africa nations facing not just the coronavirus pandemic but also ongoing conflict, severe flooding, and a months-long locust infestation that has destroyed crops and threatened food security. Somalia and Ethiopia will share €90 million nearly equally, …

GURIEL — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed yesterday relief assistance to the people affected by the floods that hit Guriceel in Galmudug state, Somalia. In coordination with Misbah Association for Development, 400 food baskets weighing 36 tons have been distributed, benefiting 2,400 individuals. Officials of Guriceel …

MOGADISHU — Turkey’s state-run aid agency has helped 500 families who had to leave their homes behind in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu to live in camps in the Garasbaaley region to the west. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) distributed food packages including rice, flour, pasta, sugar, and oil to …