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NAIROBI — The United Nations warned Wednesday that it faces a crippling lack of funds to tackle Somalia’s devastating drought, which has been “overshadowed” by other humanitarian crises including the war in Ukraine. The troubled Horn of Africa nation is being ravaged by drought, which has affected 4.5 million people …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations has commended the Somali Women’s resilience and unfaltering resolve for gender equality and partaking fully in all spheres of life; called on Somali leaders to uphold the women quota in the ongoing parliamentary elections. The United Nations in Somalia congratulates Somali women for their tireless …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development (MWHRD) of the Federal Government of Somalia, conducted a two-day training in Mogadishu for the national committee in charge of coordinating the women’s, peace and security program led by the ministry. The training was attended by the Director Generals of …

HARGEISA — The Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland, and Chairman of the National Drought Relief Committee, Mr. Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saylici) traveled to the country’s eastern regions, on a working visit. The Vice President handed over cash and food aid to the eastern regional administrations as part of …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdisaid Muse Ali, had a phone conversation about the Somali students who fled from the war in Ukraine, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó. The Foreign Ministry of Somalia on Tuesday instructed Somalis stranded in Ukraine to …

HARGEISA — The Somaliland National Displacement and Refugee Agency (NDRA), with the support of the Joint Initiative of the European Union (EU)- International Organization for Migration (IOM), provided cash grants of nearly $120,000 to 24 Somali youth who returned from Libya. The Chairman of NDRA, Abdikarim Mohamed Hinnif, along with …

NAIROBI — The Somali federal government attended a meeting between governments and the United Nations in Nairobi, Kenya, on the issue of stopping the export of charcoal. The Somali embassy in Kenya hosted the conference, and were attended by Gulf States, East African and United Nations development and environmental agencies. …

HARGEISA — Somaliland Vice President Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saylici) has expressed concern over the living conditions of more than one million people affected by severe drought. Seylici, chairman of the Somaliland Drought Committee, meanwhile, defended the committee’s work on drought relief. The vice president of Somaliland talked about the the …

DOHA —  Qatar Charity (QC) has launched an urgent response appeal to provide relief aid in the most affected areas of Somalia, aiming to mitigate the impact of the severe drought ravaging the country and contribute to saving the lives of more than half of its vulnerable population. This comes …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency has launched an early allocation of 25 million U.S. dollars from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to provide immediate assistance to communities hard-hit by the drought emergency in priority locations. Adam Abdelmoula, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, said on Thursday the …