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UNITED NATIONS — The risk of famine still lingers in Somalia among displaced people despite increased humanitarian assistance and rains bringing some relief from the devastating drought, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. However, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of a funding shortfall and continuing …

MOGADISHU — Somalia and the UN agencies on Tuesday started World Breastfeeding Week, calling for all to promote and support breastfeeding awareness in every setting. The Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund, also known as UNICEF, said in a joint statement issued in …

GARISSA — Kenya has confirmed three polio cases in the Hagadera refugee camp in Garissa County, raising fears of widespread transmission in the facility where more than 90 per cent of new residents are unvaccinated. Polio is a highly infectious disease that affects children under five years, causing permanent paralysis …

MOGADISHU — The World Bank said Monday it had provided a 75-million-U.S.-dollar grant to Somalia to help bring the country closer to debt relief. The global lender said the grant is the second in a series of two grants that are helping the country make progress on its path to …

MOGADISHU — Somali health authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday renewed their commitment to eliminating viral hepatitis in the country. Somalia’s Ministry of Health and the WHO said in a joint statement issued in the Somali capital of Mogadishu to mark World Hepatitis Day that they are …

GENEVA/MOGADISHU — As the number of displacements in Somalia reaches a new high of 3.8 million people, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General for Operations, Ugochi Daniels, counts on donor investments in solutions to prevent further displacement, and address the dire living situation of the millions affected …

MOGADISHU — The UN humanitarian agency said Tuesday that three aid workers died in Somalia between April and June. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said two aid workers perished when their vehicle was swept away by a flash flood in Gabiley district, northern Somalia, while …

HUDUR — The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced Monday that it has decided to withdraw all its services from Somalia’s Las Anod General Hospital in the Sool region due to increased volatility and repeated security incidents that have impacted the safe delivery of medical care. It said …

MOGADISHU — More than 20 people, including soldiers, were killed and dozens others wounded on Monday when a suicide bombing rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu, a senior official said. A senior security officer in Mogadishu, who spoke to Anadolu on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the …

KAMPALA — Russia’s decision on Monday to pull out of an agreement which allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural goods via a safe channel through the Black Sea amid the continuing war is already reverberating far from the front lines of fighting in Ukraine. For years, East African countries rattled …