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MOGADISHU — The United Nations’ top relief official in Somalia has appealed for funding to help millions of people in need of life-saving assistance in the country. Adam Abdelmoula, humanitarian coordinator for Somalia said the funding crisis has left 5.9 million vulnerable persons at risk of losing access to some …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday that violence in the central Somali town of Wisil Sunday has displaced thousands of people who have moved to neighboring towns. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the displaced have arrived in Xero Dhagaxley, Hobyo and …

BOSASO — The security minister of Somalia’s semiautonomous state of Puntland escaped a bomb attack on Saturday when his motorcade was targeted in the northeastern Bari region, according to local media. The blast occurred when improvised explosive devices were detonated remotely on the outskirts of the state’s commercial city of …

MOGADISHU — Thirteen-year-old Ahmed Abdinur Abukar dreams of being a teacher. This year, in May, he took an important step towards realising that dream and sat for the national Primary Education Certificate examinations in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education says over 60 000 students across the …

MOGADISHU —  Although a bright student Ruweyda Hassan, 17, a resident of Galkayo town in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous province of Puntland has fears that she will be pulled out of school. Speaking to Anadolu Agency on phone, from Galkayo, 750 kilometers (466 miles) from capital Mogadishu, she said her parents are unwilling …

LONDON — Some 41 million people worldwide are at at imminent risk of famine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, saying soaring prices for basic foods were compounding existing pressures on food security. Another half a million are already experiencing famine-like conditions, said the WFP’s Executive …

MOGADISHU — The African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, has commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict with a commitment to address conflict-related sexual violence in the country. Senior AMISOM officials, women representatives, human rights defenders, peacebuilders, traditional and religious leaders met in Baidoa and …

HARGEISA — Somaliland Ministry of Education officially kicked of the National examination in Somaliland on Saturday. Government officials said the national exam will take place at the same time across the country including the Sanaag region where Puntland had previously claimed they will halt the exercise. Somaliland National Examination board …

MOGADISHU — A multitude of people gathered in the Capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, on Wednesday to celebrate the International Day of the African Child, with a rallying call for government policies to protect children’s rights and welfare. The event, supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), was attended …