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MOGADISHU — The Speaker of the Somali parliament Sheikh Aden Madobe has called for an immediate end to the violence in Garowe, the capital of Puntland. Madobe said in a statement that war is not the solution to the political crisis, and called on the people of Puntland to work …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Sunday it has collaborated with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KS Relief) to launch a project to enhance maternal and reproductive health for vulnerable and displacement-affected populations in Somalia. UNFPA Representative to Somalia Niyi Ojuolape said the initiative aims …

NAIVASHA — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Thursday launched a project in Kenya’s lakeside town of Naivasha to protect staple food crops from devastating losses caused by the African armyworm, a pest which can destroy up to 100 percent of staple foods if left …

ADDIS ABABA — The adverse effect of climate change is further worsening the existing “widespread food insecurity” in the East Africa region, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Workneh Gebeyehu has said. Gebeyehu made the call in his address at the 14th Ordinary Assembly of the IGAD …

MOGADISHU — A total of 10 people including soldiers were killed and several others injured on Tuesday as a fierce gun battle between Somali National Army (SNA) and regional forces broke out in the port town of Barawe in southern Somalia, local authorities said. Mohamed Ibrahim Barre, governor of Lower …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is reeling from deadly flash and riverine flooding, with a staggering 468,000 people affected and 247,000 displaced as of June 6, according to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Experts argue that this natural disaster, which has emerged in the …

MOGADISHU — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that one of its employees was among those killed in an attack last week on a popular beachside hotel in Somalia’s capital by members of the al-Shabaab terrorist group. The siege on June 9 left six people dead …

ADDIS ABABA — Two months after the launch of the interagency refugee response appeal to provide support for Somali refugees fleeing to Ethiopia since February, only 2% of the dedicated funds have been received. The appeal was for $116 million (about €107 million), said the United Nations High Commissioner for …

URUMQI — “Alone we go fast, but together we go further,” said Marcelin Sanou, who works for the African initiative Great Green Wall, emphasizing the significance of international cooperation in combating desertification. Sanou, chief of the planning, monitoring-evaluation and information management at the Pan-African Agency for the Great Green Wall, …

MOGADISHU — “UNICEF is deeply shocked and horrified by reports that at least 22 children were among 27 people killed in an explosion in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia following the detonation of an unexploded remnant of war in an area where the children were playing. “We extend our …