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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 …

JEDDAH — H.E. the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, received, on 13 November 2022, in his office at the headquarters of the OIC General Secretariat, H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Horn …

DUBAI  — The International Humanitarian City (IHC) promptly responded to and supported the World Health Organisation (WHO) with the dispatch and transport of much-needed aid to Mogadishu, Somalia, following a deadly car bombing that claimed the lives of more than 120 people and injured at least 300 others. A consignment …

MOGADISHU — Qatar Charity  has distributed about 5,000 food baskets to the displaced and those affected by drought in Mogadishu, Baidoa, Gedo, and Lower Juba. These baskets contain essential food items that suffice for a month, 1,200 affected families, about 7,200 beneficiaries, benefited from these distributions. The project implementation comes …

NAIROBI — In a joint statement Monday, humanitarian organizations working in East Africa called for global solidarity to save the drought-stricken Horn of Africa (HoA) from a looming famine. The organizations, which include various arms of the United Nations, said that already 20.9 million people in East Africa are highly …

MOGADISHU — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) distributed 70 tons of food aid to displaced people in Hadar and Wajid areas in South West State of Somalia, benefiting 6,000 individuals. KSRelief’s project to support food security in Somalia, has seen the distribution of more than 2,800 …

MOGADISHU — The Prime Minister of Somalia Hamza Abdi Barre received at his office doctors from Djibouti who came to Mogadishu to help the Oct 29 attack victims. In a statement from the office of the PM, Barre thanked the health professionals for playing a role in the relief efforts and …

SHARMA EL SHEIKH — President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and a delegation he led reached Sharma El Sheikh, Egypt, to attend the International Conference of Climate of the world. The President accompanied by the Somali experts on Climate will attend the COP27 conference alongside the other leaders of the …

NAIROBI — The Horn of Africa has registered a rise in conflicts because of an increase in climate disasters, experts said on Friday. Linda Ogallo, a climate adaptation expert at the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC), said drought and floods are some of the …