ADDIS ABABA — The UN needs $358 million to care for refugees being sheltered in Ethiopia, UN officials said Monday. Kisut Gebre Egziabher, the Ethiopian spokesperson for the UNHCR refugee agency, told Anadolu Agency that this sum would be enough to provide for the basic needs of refugees such as food, …
Read More »Sixteen people die for diarrhea in Beletweyne
BELETWEYNE — Diarrhea outbreak has killed 16 people in villages under the Hiiraan region caused by river Shebelle floods in November 2019. Beletweyne referral hospital has received 75 patients for the last two days. The impact of waterborne disease in BeledWeyn town reaches a high level of diarrhea patient receiving …
Read More »Local media: Three children die for hunger in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU — At least three children between the ages of 4 and 6 died from hunger and disease in Mogadishu’s Kahda neighborhood internally displaced camps Friday, local media reported. “At least 3 children have died from extreme hunger at IDP camp near Mogadishu. This comes days after UN agencies called for …
Read More »Desperate Somali refugee families from Ethiopia struggle to survive in Luq
LUQ — Luul Mohamed Isaq, 42, a mother of seven, has been living in Kulmiye camp in Luq, in the southern Somali region of Gedo, under appalling conditions since she fled from neighbouring Ethiopia last June. Luul and her children have been sleeping rough, sheltering under a flimsy shack made …
Read More »Southwest State ministries trained on human rights
BAIDOA — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has concluded a two-day human rights training workshop for staff from line ministries of Southwest State in Baidoa. The training was organized by AMISOM, in collaboration with UNSOM Human Rights Office in Baidoa. The training is geared towards enabling staff of …
Read More »Somalia’s 2020 HRP needs $1 billion to help 3 mln people
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s federal authorities and international partners today launched a plan requiring more than $1 billion to provide much-needed humanitarian aid to some three million Somalis this year. “As we launch this plan, we must reflect on the nature of the humanitarian crises that Somalia continues to suffer. Just …
Read More »Locust outbreak, most serious in 25 years, hits East Africa
ADDIS ABABA — The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food security in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, authorities say. Unusual climate conditions are partly to blame. The locust swarms hang like shimmering dark clouds on …
Read More »Somali fishermen in Hobyo down tools as power companies pull out
HOBYO — Nearly 100 fishermen in the Somali coastal town of Hobyo, Mudug region, have stopped going out to sea because the town lacks electricity to power cold storage facilities. Two of the three power companies that had been providing electricity to Hobyo pulled out three months ago, citing the …
Read More »Businesses in Dinsor town get loans to survive blockade
DINSOR — The International Bank of Somalia (IBS) and SOS Somalia have partnered to provide collateral-free loans to 87 small businesses in Dinsor town, Bay region, which is under an Al-Shabaab blockade. Kataba Ma’alin Abdulqadir, a local businesswoman, told Radio Ergo that she has received an $800 loan to buy …
Read More »Locusts add to the woes of farmers in flood-hit Hiran region
BELETWEYNE — Farmers in central Somalia’s Hiran region, whose farms were submerged by recent floods, are having to contend with swarms of locust devouring whatever they have planted since then. Kadiye Abdi Gadod, a farmer in Hodug, 34 km west of Beletweyne town, told Radio Ergo that locust swarms have …
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