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MOGADISHU — At least 10 people were killed when armed attackers stormed a hotel near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to the police. Among the victims are two individuals with dual Somali-British citizenship, Mohamed Dahir of the Somali police told dpa. The hotel, which is popular among …

CAPE TOWN —  A 17-year-old Somali girl was kidnapped from her father’s tuck shop in Western Cape this week, the latest in a string of kidnappings targeting business people and foreign nationals. According to local police and witnesses, the teenage girl was grabbed by gunmen while her father was offloading …

KISMAYO — Somalia’s education architecture has been hard hit by a three decade internal conflict that has left behind dilapidated schools and disadvantaged many school-age going children calling on the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops operating in Somalia under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to step in …

GENEVA — More than 40 million children missed getting vaccinated against measles last year, prompting a significant setback in global efforts to eradicate the highly contagious disease worldwide, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a joint report Wednesday. Vaccination campaigns were …

MOGADISHU — The World Food Programme (WFP) said Monday it requires 416 million U.S. dollars for the next six months to prevent famine in Somalia. WFP said the funds, required between November and April 2023, include a 356-million-dollar shortfall for life-saving relief food and nutrition assistance. “Assessment results are anticipated …

ADDIS ABABA — The impact of drought in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia has led to food insecurity and a high level of acute malnutrition, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The WFP, in its latest drought response situation report released Tuesday, said some 22 million people are …

NAIROBI — Somalia is on the brink of its worst famine in half a century as drought intensifies and global food prices soar, leaving hundreds of thousands of people at risk of dying from starvation. The United Nations has warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in …

ADDIS ABABA — Extreme drought deepens hunger in the Horn of Africa, which is also beset by conflict, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The WFP said in its latest regional situation update issued late Thursday that across the Horn of Africa, mainly Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, some …

UNITED NATIONS — Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, on Friday announced a first emergency response grant worth 5 million U.S. dollars for Somali children affected by a devastating ongoing drought along with renewed conflicts over scarce resources. The 12-month grant …

DUBAI — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) distributed 140 tons of food baskets in Somalia on Monday. The aid benefited 12,000 in-need, displaced and drought-affected people in the African nation, wrote state agency SPA. The philanthropic organization also distributed 570 winter bags in Pakistan, benefiting …