MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency has launched an early allocation of 25 million U.S. dollars from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to provide immediate assistance to communities hard-hit by the drought emergency in priority locations. Adam Abdelmoula, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, said on Thursday the …
Read More »Iconic islamic cleric killed in a car explosion in Kismayo
KISMAYO — Reports from Kismayo town under Jubaland administration, confirm that Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed died in a car explosion today. A released press statement state that the explosion that killed a prominent Somali cleric, took place at Somalia Star intersection in Kismayo. The bomb was deliberately attached to the bottom …
Read More »Abdelmoula highlights the need for support to drought-hit communities in Somaliland
HARGEISA — The United Nations Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, visited Somaliland to assess the drought situation. He highlighted the need for urgent humanitarian support to drought-affected communities in the area. During the two-day visit, Mr. Abdelmoula toured the drought-affected area of …
Read More »Deputy UN envoy calls for urgent humanitarian support to drought-hit Somalis
MOGADISHU — The United Nations top relief official in Somalia on Monday called for urgent humanitarian support to drought-affected communities in Somalia’s northern region of Somaliland. Adam Abdelmoula, UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Somalia who visited Somaliland to assess the drought situation, noted an increase in the number of …
Read More »Suicide bomb attack kills 10, injures 15 in Beletweyne
BELEDWEYNE — At least 10 people were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide bomb attack at a restaurant in the central Somalia town of Beletweyne. Sources said that a suicide bomber who was at the restaurant blew up at about 1 pm local time when most people were …
Read More »FAO welcomes a €20 million contribution from Germany to avert hunger crisis in HoA
Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a €20 million contribution from Germany to save lives and livelihoods of the most severely drought-affected farmers and herders in the Horn of Africa. It is a vital contribution which comes at a critical time in the response …
Read More »Drought causes starvation and livestock deaths in Somalia
MOGADISHU — Besides causing loss of human lives, severe drought in Somalia has affected over half a million livestock population and has led to large-scale displacements in the region. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Adan Mohumed Farah, country adviser for the UK-based humanitarian group Save the Children, said the situation was …
Read More »Hargeisa executes 4 Soldier, releases 2 from death row
HARGEISA — Somaliland today caried out an execution of four Somaliland soldiers convicted of various murder charges by the country’s military courts. The soldiers executed by a firing squad, were found guilty in killing civilians in some parts of Somaliland. Two other men sentenced to death by a Somaliland court, …
Read More »Somaliland’s house of Gurti debates child protection bill
HARGEISA — Members of the Somaliland House of Elders, started debating the Somaliland Child Protection Law No. 102/2022, which was passed by Somaliland’s House of Representatives. Most of the MPs who took part in the debate on the Somaliland Child Protection Act, Act Lr. 102/2022 proposed that a commission be …
Read More »Somalia receives third batch of donation from UAE
MOGADISHU — Somalia government has on Monday received a donation of food aid from United Arab Emirates, in Mogadishu as relations between Somalia and the Gulf nation slowly resumes to normalcy after three years of frosty relations following the seizure of $9.6M money that belonged to the UAE by Somali …
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