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NAIROBI — Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, have left nearly 130,000 people “looking death in the eyes” and nearly 50 million facing crisis levels of food insecurity, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. In an appeal for $178 …

MOGADISHU — More than 70 humanitarian organizations on Thursday called upon donors to urgently fund the current humanitarian appeal in order to respond to the hunger crisis in Somalia, where famine is projected from April to June. The aid agencies, including Save the Children, Oxfam, World Concern and Action Against …

ADDIS ABABA  — The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR on Tuesday said it is scaling up assistance in Ethiopia’s Somali region to support and assist recently arrived refugees fleeing clashes in Somalia. Some 100,000 Somalis have arrived in Ethiopia’s Doolo zone in the Somali region in the past four weeks to …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Tuesday it has released 2 million U.S. dollars for life-saving interventions as clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia intensified. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the security situation in the …

MOGADISHU — Ongoing conflict in Somalia is worsening the humanitarian situation, making it harder for humanitarian organizations to access the populations in most need of assistance, aid agencies said. In a joint statement issued Sunday evening in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, local and international agencies under the umbrella of the …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations relief official in Somalia on Friday appealed for unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need as clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia intensifies. Magatte Guisse, the humanitarian coordinator for Somalia ad interim, said at least 80 people …

MOGADISHU — About 1.8 million children aged under five are still expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Somalia this year, though the risk of famine has been averted for the time being, an international charity has warned. Save the Children said in a statement released in the Somali capital …

RIYADH — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed yesterday, on the sidelines of the 3rd Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum (RIHF3) in Riyadh, a cooperation agreement with UN Population Fund (UNFPA) to improve access for displaced and vulnerable females in Somalia to reproductive health services; the agreement is …

RIYADH — Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, met yesterday in Riyadh with the Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr Ali Haji Adam Abubakar, on the sidelines of the …

MOGADISHU — The US diplomatic mission in Somalia demanded an “immediate” unconditional cease-fire Thursday in Somalia’s northern town of Las Anod. The remarks came after a delegation from the mission, led by Chargé d’Affaires Tim Trenkle arrived in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa and held a series of political and civil …