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MOGADISHU —  A Turkish Medical Center run by Yeryuzu Doktorlari, or Doctors Worldwide Turkey, provides free health care services to 47,532 families in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. “The beneficiaries who received our free health care service at the Mogadishu Health Centre from the beginning of 2019 to the end …

LASANOD – Fighting has reportedly erupted this morning in Saax-meygag area of Sool region, near Garowe, the administrative capital of Puntland. Reports say that the fighting between the two clans living in Sool and Nugal regions is based on grazing land in that area. The exact number of casualties is …

MOGADISHU — With the emergence and spread of COVID-19 across the world, social, political and economic activities came to a standstill in many countries, including Somalia. The implementation of movement restrictions, meant that people had to stay at home round the clock. The restrictions have notably increased incidences of gender-based …

BELEDWEYNE —  Ministers of Planning and Water of HirShabelle state along with officials from the Ministry of Planning of FGS and Hiraan Regional Administration have jointly laid the foundation stone for a dam project in Hela Kaliyo area on the outskirts of Beledweyne, SONNA reported. The project will be implemented …

TAIPEI — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Tuesday (Dec. 28) announced it will donate 150,000 doses of Taiwan’s domestically-developed Medigen vaccine (MVC-COV1901) to Somaliland. As the COVID pandemic continues and the Omicron variant spreads in Africa, MOFA issued a press release announcing the donation. Chargé d’affaires of Taiwan’s …

DHOBLEY — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has constructed five new classrooms at Omar Binu Khadab Primary and Secondary School in Dhobley town, Jubaland State, as part of its support to the education sector in Somalia. The construction of the classrooms was done under the mission’s Quick Impact …

KISMAYO — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has handed over newly constructed classrooms, sanitation facilities, learning materials and sports equipment to boost education and sports in Jubaland State. The facilities were constructed under AMISOM’s Quick Impacts Projects, and as an extension of the mission’s Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) mandate …

BAIDOA — Three consecutive dry seasons has left an estimated 3.8 million people in Somalia at risk of severe food insecurity through January, UNICEF said Thursday. And that figures will increase to 4.6 million by May. “Severe water shortages and rising food prices have left Somalia as the Horn of Africa’s …

MOGADISHU — The number of people displaced by the ongoing drought and famine in Somalia is increasing every day with new arrivals in the main cities seeking humanitarian assistance. Humanitarian agencies say the situation could escalate if expected seasonal rains do not begin in the next few weeks. The disaster …

WASHINGTON — Drought conditions in Somalia are worsening despite rains in parts of the country, a top United Nations humanitarian official said. Ian Ridley, head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Somalia, says the recent rains are not enough, and the drought situation is deteriorating …