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ADDIS ABABA — The impact of drought in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia has led to food insecurity and a high level of acute malnutrition, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The WFP, in its latest drought response situation report released Tuesday, said some 22 million people are …

NAIROBI — Somalia is on the brink of its worst famine in half a century as drought intensifies and global food prices soar, leaving hundreds of thousands of people at risk of dying from starvation. The United Nations has warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in …

MOGADISHU — Over 30 Somali Journalists and some selected Editors have begun a three-day training on Humanitarian and Climate Change Reporting in Mogadishu today. Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) organized the Media Training. The training aims to equip the Journalists and the Editors with skills and knowledge on how …

ADDIS ABABA — Extreme drought deepens hunger in the Horn of Africa, which is also beset by conflict, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The WFP said in its latest regional situation update issued late Thursday that across the Horn of Africa, mainly Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, some …

UNITED NATIONS — Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, on Friday announced a first emergency response grant worth 5 million U.S. dollars for Somali children affected by a devastating ongoing drought along with renewed conflicts over scarce resources. The 12-month grant …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH —  A Somali official said he is “disappointed” that little has been done to address loss and damage to nations vulnerable to climate change at the U.N. climate conference. Mohamed Osman Mahmoud, an economic advisor to the Somali president, said he wanted to see “structured dialogue with accountability, …

DUBAI — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) distributed 140 tons of food baskets in Somalia on Monday. The aid benefited 12,000 in-need, displaced and drought-affected people in the African nation, wrote state agency SPA. The philanthropic organization also distributed 570 winter bags in Pakistan, benefiting …

Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office, his government has yet to make good on its promises to guarantee justice and security for the people of Somalia. Amnesty International is today presenting the Somali government with a 10-point plan, outlining the steps it must take to improve the …

Eleven-year-old Dahir weaves his way between a growing cluster of homemade huts on the edge of Baidoa, heading to a tin-roofed school building near the main road. He is wearing his only shirt and trousers, and clutching his one other possession – a new schoolbook. The school’s sole teacher, Abdullah …

MOGADISHU — The United National Population Fund (UNFPA) has sent out an appeal for $113.7 million for its Response Plan for the Hon of Africa Drought crisis  to respond to women and girls escalating needs to scale up the delivery of life-saving reproductive health and protection services. UNFPA said a catastrophe is unfolding …