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LONDON — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed yesterday at the Global Food Security Summit in London a joint statement pledging support for food security in Somalia. The agreement …

BELEDWEYNE — The first aid assistance for flood-affected people arrived in Beledweyne town on Tuesday after the Shabelle River burst its banks due to torrential El-Nino rains in the region. The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) stated that it had dispatched a plane carrying seven tons of aid to Beledweyne. …

MOGADISHU — To strengthen Somalia’s agricultural infrastructure, two agricultural training and practice greenhouses were installed in the National University’s (UMMADA) Department of Agriculture in Mogadishu, each with a 250 sq meters area. The opening ceremony of the greenhouses was attended by Provincial Director of Agriculture of Mogadishu, Prof. Mohamud Mohamed; …

GAROWE — Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has inaugurated a health center for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and is operating it in the city of Garowe, Puntland region of Somalia. The new center serves 2,250 persons with special needs, with QR 1,168,475 funding from the  Qatar Ministry of Endowments and …

LONDON — The Global Food Security Summit kicked off in the British capital on Tuesday with the attendance of representatives from more than 20 countries. Focusing on international attention on the deepening global food security crisis, the event, co-hosted by the UK, the UAE, and Somalia, also discusses ways to …

MOGADISHU — Floods caused by heavy rains that started early October in Somalia have killed 50 people and displaced more than half a million others, the country’s national disaster agency said. Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) said the torrential rains have also caused landslides and flash floods in other parts …

MOGADISHU — The death toll from the floods caused by El-Nino rains in several regions of Somalia has reached 50, while over 5,000 houses have been destroyed, officials said on Thursday evening. The Chairman for the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mohamoud Moalin Abdulle, stated that the floods displaced more …

MOGADISHU — The UN World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday warned that climate extremes will drive the hunger crisis in Somalia to record highs. The WFP said the deadly floods, the worst in decades, have driven more than half 1 million people from their homes and crippled families’ attempts to …

ADDIS ABABA  — Countries in the Horn of Africa are facing severe challenges as extreme weather events and food insecurity persist, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The WHO, in its latest Horn of Africa food insecurity and health situation report issued Monday, warned that Horn of Africa countries …

NAIROBI — The World Food Program (WFP) said on Monday that food insecurity levels across East Africa are likely to remain high through early 2024 despite the decrease observed since the peak of the lean season in 2022. The WFP said in its food security update that protracted and newly …