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MOGADISHU  — Somalia’s Ministry of Health said Wednesday it’s on high alert following an outbreak of Ebola virus in Uganda. The ministry said in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport and Aviation and other relevant agencies it has initiated prevention and response measures to stop the disease from spreading into …

NEW YORK —  First lady Emine Erdoğan was among the recipients of the “Outstanding Humanitarian Award” in the United States. Erdoğan received the award in a ceremony on Sunday in New York from a leading Muslim coalition for her humanitarian efforts. The U.S. Council for Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition …

Concern’s team in Somalia has warned that international donors must urgently provide funding to enable humanitarian organizations to scale up their response to prevent the current drought from deteriorating into a famine with the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives. “The waiting game must stop now,” Concern’s regional director …

UNITED NATIONS — The drought situation in Somalia is very critical and some 1 million people, including children, women, and elderly people, are displaced by the drought, Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, Somali president’s special envoy for drought relief, has said. “They don’t have food. They don’t have water. They don’t have …

MOGADISHU — This week, after two years of devastating drought and soaring food prices, the UN warned that without action, famine will hit Somalia within the next few weeks. With half a million children at risk of dying, we urge the UK’s new Prime Minister not to stand by and …

A humanitarian catastrophe is imminent in Somalia and the Horn of Africa. That’s the joint assessment of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), following months of food security assessments. The number of people in dire need …

BAIDOA — Five Somali ministers have accused the central government of failing to release $9.6 million in relief funds received from the UAE to begin humanitarian operations in the country. As famine is expected in parts of Somalia between October and December this year, ministers from the states of South West, …

GENEVA — The Food and Agriculture Organization warns some 6.7 million people in Somalia are likely to suffer from acute hunger this year, including more than 300,000 projected to face famine. The FAO reports those at risk of famine are rural residents in the Baidoa and Burhakaba districts, as well …

MOGADISHU — Somalia faces widespread malnutrition and death as a result of a worsening drought crisis if international funding is not increased, a UN briefing on the crisis has heard. Held virtually on Wednesday, the meeting included Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, as well as …

MOGADISHU — More than 60 aid agencies on Monday called on donors to help avert famine in Somalia where 7.8 million people are affected by the severe drought which is ravaging parts of the country. The agencies under the Somalia NGO Consortium, a network of relief agencies operating in Somalia, …