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MOGADISHU — Dozens are feared dead after a car bombing on Friday ripped through the central Somali town of Beledweyne. Local security officer Abdirahman Hassan Ibrahim told Anadolu over the phone that the explosion was the result of car bomb, adding that the number of casualties remains unclear. “The explosion was …

NEW YORK — In a significant diplomatic move, the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Hamza Abdi Barre, engaged in crucial discussions with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The meeting, held in a cordial atmosphere, aimed …

MOGADISHU — Somalia banned the trading of humanitarian aid stuff in a black market following the suspension of EU funds through the UN Food Agency [WFP] over theft. The announcement was made in a press release jointly issued by the National Disaster Management Agency, the Ministries of Relief of the Federal …

UNITED NATIONS/NAIROBI/GENEVA — The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a U.N. investigation found widespread theft and misuse of aid meant to avert famine. The European Commission gave more than $7 million …

MOGADISHU — The global charity Save the Children has called upon the international community to avert the impending acute malnutrition crisis in Somalia. The charity said that, despite initial hopes that rainfall would provide relief, approximately two out of every five children under the age of five in Somalia are …

MOGADISHU —  One in four Somalis, or 4.3 million people, face hunger and need urgent assistance due to hostile weather events and other conflicts, the UN and other humanitarian groups operating in the Horn of Africa country said on Monday. In a statement, the aid groups, including World Food Programme, …

MOGADISHU —  At least eight people, including security personnel, were wounded in a car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, an official said. The attack targeted a security checkpoint in the neighborhood of Deyniile in Mogadishu. “A car full of explosives targeted our security forces checkpoint today. …

ISTANBUL — A recent UN agency analysis published on Tuesday warned that every 1% cut in food assistance risks pushing more than 400,000 people to the brink of starvation, emphasizing the importance of scaling up life-saving assistance. The UN World Food Program (WFP) “is being forced to drastically cut rations …

MOGADISHU — The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed concern about increased deaths and serious injuries to children involved in landmine explosions which have claimed at least 30 lives since June in Somalia. Nejmudin Kedir Bilal, acting UNICEF representative in Somalia, said several children have been victims in three separate …

GALKAYO — A gunman, dressed in a security uniform, killed a young and prominent doctor inside his health center in Galkayo town, located in the Mudug region on Saturday evening. A video recorded by a CCTV camera attached to the center showed that an armed man, accompanied by two unarmed …