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BAIDOA — Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management for South West regional State Abdinasir Abdi Arush chaired a virtual meeting to seek humanitarian intervention. The meeting was aimed at seeking to focused on effective humanitarian interventions in a bid to prevent the humanitarian situation in the State from deteriorating …

MOGADISHU — A father in northern Galkayo was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly murdered his two teenage children. The two kids, aged 12 and 13, were killed in the home they shared with their father in the Falluja neighborhood. Neighbours were alerted to the death after smelling the decomposing …

DOHA — The number of students sponsored by Qatar Charity (QC) has reached 4,864 in 35 countries, including Somalia with more than 700 sponsored students. The ‘Student Sponsorship’ project aims to help students, who are unable to afford their undergraduate and postgraduate studies, a QC statement explained yesterday. The project …

MOGADISHU — Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday appointed Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame as a special envoy for drought response in the country. Mohamud said he appointed Abdishakur owing to his vast experience and understanding of humanitarian and development fields including policy delivery. “Abdishakur will be tasked with working, nationally, …

NAIROBI —  A new report by the UN migration agency warns that the number of migrants dying in the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA) region has increased this year compared to 2020. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said many deaths and disappearances occurred along the eastern migratory route …

MOGADISHU — Firefighters in central Mogadishu are battling an intense flame that broke out in a market on Thursday evening. The fire broke out at a popular shopping block along Digfer road in Banadir junction in Mogadishu’s Hodan district. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but there is …

GENEVA — The UN said on Friday that up to 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region will face severe food insecurity over the next three months, the highest number since 2014, while there was also a warning about drought-induced food scarcity extending to East Africa as well. Jens Laerke, …

ABU DHABI — President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the provision of AED35 million of urgent humanitarian aid to Somalia to support its developmental efforts. The directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed to provide this assistance come within the framework of the fraternal relations between …

NAIROBI — The United Nations top relief official has warned of the worsening drought in the Horn of Africa (HoA) region which has already affected more than 18 million people across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Martin Griffiths, under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator who concluded a two-day visit …

NAIROBI — Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) ministerial and experts meeting on the current drought situation in the Horn of Africa region has commenced. The meeting began in the National capital Nairobi, Kenya on Friday, May 13. Ministers drawn from various countries across the region are partaking in the Kenyan …