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MOGADISHU — Six people were killed Friday in a blast at a beachside Mogadishu restaurant, which was hosting Somalia’s police chief and legislators when the explosion occurred, an ambulance service said. Government officials were unharmed in the blast, which sparked a fire inside the building, sending smoke into the sky …

BAIDOA — Somalia’s South West State (SWS) Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM) has delivered Food Aid to Huddur town. The aid included rice, flour, sugar, oil and dates which was donated by local leaders, businessmen and other local people. South West State is one of the States …

HARGEISA — Somaliland’s Independent Human Rights Center (HRC) has released a statement on the situation of journalists illegally detained in Hargeisa since April 13,2022. The center said it, the families and Lawyers had been prevented from meeting with detained journalists, despite repeated requests. “Article 27 (1) of the Somaliland Constitution …

NAIROBI — Several parts of Somalia is expected to receive heavy rain falls in the coming days according to International organization. In a statement posted on its platform on Wednesday, the Intergovernmental Development on Authority (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) forecasted the imminent rainfall in the Horn of …

MOGADISHU — Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the United Nations has warned. For months, extreme drought has left the Horn of Africa (HoA) on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, destroying crops …

MOGADISHU — The Russia and Ukraine conflict is having an impact on the situation in Somalia which is facing famine conditions, the United Nations agencies said. The World Food Programme (WFP) said that up to 85 percent of Somalia’s wheat imports came from Russia and Ukraine. However, the conflict has …

MOGADISHU — Jubbaland State Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Abdirahman Abdi Ahmed met with Swedish Ambassador to Somalia Per Lindgärde. The meeting took place on April 14 in the Kenya’s capital Nairobi. The Minister briefed the Ambassador about the current drought situation in Jubbaland State and ways in …

MOGADISHU — Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) built a health center (infirmary) in the General Daud Abdulle Hirsi Barracks in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, and provided medicines and medical equipment. The opening ceremony of the Health Center was attended by TİKA’s officials and the commanders in Somalia-Turkish Task …

NEW YORK — The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as the spillover effects of the war in Ukraine threaten to push millions even closer to famine. The contribution from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), announced on Thursday, will go towards relief …

HELSINKI — The war in Ukraine increases hunger and malnutrition in other parts of the world. Finland allocates EUR 26.1 million to domestic and international organizations for their humanitarian response in countries such as Somalia, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the majority …