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ABIDJAN — The African Development Bank today approved grants worth  $25.1 million to Somalia to bolster the national budget for government efforts to mitigate national and regional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding comprised a $10.04 million grant from Pillar 1 of the Bank’s Transition Support Facility and a …

MOGADISHU — An estimated 5.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, including over 3 million children, due to the combined devastating impact of floods, the locust invasion, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Somalia is one of the most fragile nations in the world, a country that has experienced …

MOGADISHU —  Incessant fighting, recurrent droughts and floods, and the worst locust invasion in more than 25 years are forcing more people to flee their homes in Somalia, leading to severe overcrowding and an intensifying risk of COVID-19 among internally displaced people (IDP), Amnesty International said today. By 19 July, …

MOGADISHU — Flash floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 37,000 people in Somalia, causing a humanitarian crisis in the regions affected, Somalia’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM) said on Monday. The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM) said about 15,400 people have been displaced …

GAROWE —  The UN children’s fund (UNICEF) and the government of Puntland in northeast Somalia on Monday launched the Learning Passport, a digital remote learning platform where children can access educational content both online and offline from their homes. Abdullahi Mohamed Hassan, Somalia’s Minister of Education and Higher Education said …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Education Sunday airlifted 18 secondary school students from Barawe to Mogadishu to sit for their final exams. The Ministry moved in to airlift the students after they failed to sit for the first paper Saturday as they could not access the exam center. Students in the …

MOGADISHU — A form four candidate from Mogadishu on Saturday sat her national examination in hospital after going into labour a few hours to kick-off. Shamsa Mohamed Hashi, a 27 years old mother, was rushed to Kalkaal Hospital in Mogadishu by relatives after developing labour pains. “I have been learning …

MOGADISHU — The Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia H.E Mahdi Mohamed Guled has inaugurated the National Secondary School examinations in all regions of the country today on Saturday, SONNA Reported. Speaking to the media, Deputy Prime Minister commended the students from all regions to do their …

MOGADISHU — In a bid to eradicate Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), fifty (50) male and female journalists drawn from the media in Mogadishu participated a three-day training on ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the country by building the capacity of journalists on ways to better raise public …

MOGADISHU — At least four children were killed including a three-year-old baby and two others wounded when a wall collapsed following days of heavy rains in Mogadishu’s Malable camp on Tuesday. All four of the victims died on the spot while the injured were rushed to the hospital by locals. …