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MOGADISHU — UNICEF on Friday called for urgent action to address Somalia’s critical water needs due to the worsening drought in the Horn of African country. Some 2.6 million people are facing water shortages due to severe drought conditions in Somalia, according to a UNICEF statement. “Water scarcity and drought conditions …

GURIEL – More than 300,000 people in Somalia’s Galgaduud region have been affected by a severe drought that has gripped most of the country and forced the federal government last month to declare a state of emergency. “There is not enough food, not enough water,” says Deeko Adan Warsame, the chair …

MOGADISHU — The Government of Finland has today announced a grant of 7.65 million Euros in support of strengthening educational services for Somali children. The grant will be administered through UNICEF Somalia’s education programme. Speaking during the launch of this partnership in Mogadishu today, Federal Minister of Education Culture and …

MOGADISHU — Police in Mogadishu Tuesday morning recovered the bodies of two children who had gone missing front their home Monday night. According to the police, the bodies of the two children aged five and seven were recovered at Weydo area in the outskirts of Mogadishu. The boy, aged seven …

MOGADISHU —  At least two minors were killed and three wounded after they encountered unexploded ordinance in southern Somalia on Monday, authorities said. The minors were ages 7 to 14, and the two boys claimed by the explosion were brothers, according to local authorities in the southern province of Gedo. …

MOGADISHU —  A Turkish NGO said Monday that it has provided food assistance to 1,000 families in Somalia as a deadly drought continues in the Horn of African country. The first food aid was provided by the Aziz (Saint) Mahmud Hudayi Foundation in the capital Mogadishu and the city of …

MOGADISHU —  At least five people including civilians were killed and more than six others wounded when a bomb blast went off at a busy restaurant in southern Somalia on Sunday, officials said. The bomb blast took place in the vicinity of Awdhegle, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the city …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency has appealed for additional funding to help avert the impact of the worsening drought in Somalia. According to the latest drought update released on Thursday, The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said the UN Central Emergency Response Fund has …

STOCKHOLM/ROME  —  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is seeking $1.5 billion in 2022 to save the lives and livelihoods of some of the world’s most food-insecure people, as acute hunger accelerates its march across the globe. The announcement was made as part of the United …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations in Somalia recently partnered with a leading Somali non-governmental organization to step up the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) in two of the Horn of Africa country’s Federal Member States. “This partnership agreement that we have signed with the Ifrah Foundation will provide further …