MOGADISHU — Police in Mogadishu have identified the people responsible for the abduction and killing of a young man in Mogadishu’s Heliwa district. The spokesperson of the Somali Police Force, Major Sadiq Aden Ali Doodishe, told reporters on Thursday that the perpetrators who killed Abukar Ahmed Kaabah are known and …
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KAMPALA — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) has released its latest weather forecast. It predicts that the long rainy season from March to May, also known as the MAM rainy season, will receive above-average rainfall. This is good news for the region as …
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MOGADISHU/HAVANA — Cuba and Somalia are cooperating to clarify the current situation of Cuban Drs. Assel Herrera and Landy Rodriguez, who were abducted in 2019 on the border between that African country and Kenya. According to a post on X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held a telephone conversation with …
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MOGADISHU — More than 3.45 million people had been internally displaced in Somalia as of January 2024 due to multiple shocks, including drought, floods, and conflict, the UN migration agency said Wednesday. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the vast majority (88 percent) of internally displaced persons (IDPs) …
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MOGADISHU — The Federal Government of Somalia has today launched the next iteration of the “Joint Resilience Programme”, which aims to improve resilience to economic and climate related shocks among households and local communities in four districts in Puntland and Galmudug states. Funded by the Government of Germany through KfW with …
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MOGADISHU — The Chairperson of the Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) Mr. Mohamud Ma’allin Abdulle and heads of United Nations agencies, led by the Deputy Special Envoy of Somalia to the United Nations and the head of the Office of Humanitarian Affairs, today jointly announced an assessment of the impact …
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MOGADISHU — A record drought wiped out nearly half of Iido Abdikarin Abdille’s herd in northern Somalia, but a livestock insurance programme is helping to ease the financial burden on pastoralists like her. Since her father’s death in 2010, the 34-year-old has taken on the responsibility of looking after her …
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MOGADISHU — HE President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, awarded a certificate of recognition to Qatar Charity for its support in the fields of education, humanitarian work, and development in Somalia. This took place during a ceremony held in the Somali capital, Mogadishu on the commencement …
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MOGDISHU — Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has on Sunday distributed relief aid to 1000 vulnerable families displaced by conflicts and the El-Nino induced floods in Garasbaaley area, on the outskirts of Mogadishu. SoDMA’s relief director Sahra Ali Yusuf, accompanied by MP Dahir Amin Jeesow, witnessed the distribution exercise. The …
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MOGADISHU — Somalia Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development (MoPIED) has on Wednesday organized a food security coordination event in Baidoa town, the interim administrative capital of South West State. The event brought together line ministers of the economic development pillar to discuss the nexus between food security, economic …
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