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MOGADISHU — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) with sponsorship from the Government of Italy, has commenced constructing a 68-bed health facility for soldiers and officers of the Somali National Army (SNA). The construction of the SNA hospital is being implemented under the Early Recovery and Stabilisation programme. Under …

MOGADISHU — Qatar Charity (QC) has started digging 27 wells in several regions of Somalia’s Hirshabelle State, and inaugurated an artesian water well in ‘Garasdheere’, a village in Hirshabelle, to benefit tens of thousands of families belonging to pastoral communities. The project is part of Qatar Charity’s efforts to respond …

CAPETOWN —   A South African gunman shot dead a Somali businessman in South Africa on Saturday night. The victim was identified as Abdinasir Mohamud Abdi, and the assailants fled the scene. Abdi was shot and killed outside his business in Mitchells Plain, a suburb of Cape Town. Following the killing …

By Abdihamid Warsame While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been well documented in high-income countries, much less is known about its impact on low-income and conflict-affected countries where there are significant challenges in information generation and dissemination. Somalia is one of these countries. It has been battered by …

MOGADISHU — The UN warned Tuesday of severe humanitarian problems in central Somalia after 100,000 people were displaced by fighting between pro-government forces and Sufi militants. Fighters loyal to Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa (ASWJ) occupied the strategic town of Guricel earlier this month, before being driven out last week by …

MOGADISHU — At least 30 people died and over 100 were injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a (ASWJ) in the Somali state of Galmudug over the weekend, residents and hospital officials said. The clashes, in the state’s second-largest district …

MOGADISHU — Somali Attorney General Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud on Tuesday warned that the Horn of Africa country will no longer tolerate foreign vessels that come to its sea to illegally fish, cautioning that ships would be seized. Mohamud said the government will roll out new measures to combat illegal fishing in …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday it has stepped up response to support drought-stricken communities in Somalia especially in the southern region to avert a further deterioration of the situation. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said prolonged drought conditions have impacted many …

At least twelve million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are in urgent need of food assistance following a prolonged dry spell and the expected short rain season. That’s according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Early Warning systems experts. This, even as the World Bank warned …

MOGADISHU — China on Saturday donated a batch of humanitarian assistance to Somalia amid flourishing bilateral ties. Fei Shengchao, Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, said the humanitarian supplies from China included 10,000 tents, 50,000 mosquito nets, 20,000 aid kits and baby weight scales, stethoscopes and thermometers. “The pandemic has taken its …