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JEDDAH — The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been following, with deep concern, the worsening situation in the Federal Republic of Somalia due to severe drought for the fourth year in a row. H.E. Hissein Brahim Taha, the OIC Secretary-General, stressed that urgent relief intervention …

BAIDOA — Security, peace- and state-building, as well as the drought, were among issues covered in discussions today by the top United Nations officials in Somalia on his visit to the country’s South West State. In relation to security in that Federal Member State, the UN Special Representative for Somalia, …

MOGADISHU — The World Health Organization (WHO) Sunday said that this January to June, Somalia saw 8,041 cases of suspected cholera and 37 associated deaths due to water-prone cholera. Many of these cases are laboratory confirmed, amid Somalia’s worst drought in more than 40 years. The WHO said around 54% of …

GENEVA — The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, Friday called for more to be done to protect African refugees and migrants from traffickers on their way from the Sahel and the Horn of Africa toward North Africa and Europe. UNHCR spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo says traffickers take advantage of African refugees fleeing …

BAIDOA — The Minister of Justice of the South West State, Somalia, Hassan Ibrahim Lugbur, was killed on Friday in a bomb attack on a mosque in Baidoa. Local media outlets say Lugbur’s son was also killed in the attack. Several other people were injured. The bomb went off during …

MOGADISHU — The Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) is helping ease the impact of a severe drought in parts of Somalia by distributing food aid and hot meals. “We provide 3,195 hot meals daily from our soup kitchen in Mogadishu which are distributed to 20 different locations in the city,” Rusen …

MOGADISHU — The World Health Organization said Thursday it has recorded nearly 40 cholera-related deaths in Somalia in 2022. “Cholera is endemic in Somalia with recurrent outbreaks reported since 2017. Between 1 January to 10 July 2022, a cumulative number of 7,796 cases of cholera including 37 associated deaths (case fatality …

GAROWE — The Ministry of Education and Higher Education of the Puntland regional state government has announced the names of the top 10 students in the 8th grade exam in Puntland middle schools in 2022. Among the top 10 students, 7 are girls, led by Ikraan Abdirahman Abdullahi, who won …

MOGADISHU — The German Government has contributed US$ 5 million to Somalia to improve the country’s capacity to deliver life-saving vaccines to remote and hard-to-reach communities. The contribution is part of UNICEF’s efforts with governments globally to take vaccines to the ‘The Last Mile’ – remote, rural, and peri-urban areas …

MOGADISHU — At least three people were killed and more than 14 others wounded when a suicide car bomb blast rocked the town of Jowhar on Sunday, officials said. A police officer in Jowhar told Anadolu Agency that it was a suicide car bomb attack that targeted Nur Dob hotel, killing …