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MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At least 6,000 families have been displaced in Badale in southern Somalia’s Bay region after flash floods caused by torrential rain hit the town. Fadumo Moalim Abdirahman, from Horsed neighborhood, said she spent the whole night of 20 October in her house, submerged in water. Youth from …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – UN Special Representative for Somalia Ambassador James Swan said international agencies are ready to assist the flood victims in the Juba and Shabelle River. James Swan said the UN is ready to work with the Federal Government and regional authorities to respond to the flood victims, on …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has renewed its commitment to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers by signing a roadmap detailing measures and practical actions to prevent violations against children, release children associated with armed forces, and reintegrate them into communities. The Special Representative of …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Up to 6.3 million Somalis will be facing acute food shortage by December, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned calling for scaled-up donor support to avert suffering. In a situation report for October, the UN agency said climatic shocks coupled with widespread poverty and vulnerability …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – HirShabelle President Mohamed Waare has appointed a 13-member ministerial committee and regional governors to spearhead relief efforts following the flooding in Beletweyne. A decree from the President said the 13 ministers will work together with the governors of Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions in collaboration with the Federal …

GEDO (SoOHA) – Families have been displaced in Middle Juba and Gedo regions as floods sweep through several districts following overflows in the Juba River. Goobjoog News reporter in the Gedo region reports that farms that were under irrigation have been inundated by floods robbing farmers of their main livelihood …

BELETWEYNE (SoOHA) – Several villages in Beletweyne have been inundated in floods as residents struggle to move to higher grounds with little help from humanitarian agencies and government coming through. One of the elders who spoke to Goobjoog News said most locations within the district had been flooded for the …

MOGADISHU (S0OHA) – A senior UN official will visit Somalia next week to discuss the situation of children affected by armed conflict in the Horn of Africa nation, the UN mission said on Tuesday. Virginia Gamba, special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict will be in …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia has for almost three decades been in the throes of conflict; now add the most recent drought and the result is displacement and food shortages. There are reports of the urgent need for assistance among the most affected regions, such as Baidoa. In the first half …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At least 72,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Belet Weyne town and other surrounding villages in central Somalia as Shabelle River levels continue to rise, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it has teamed …