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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 …

GENEVA — UN agencies are calling on international donors to act now and provide the funds needed to prevent another potentially devastating famine in Somalia. Millions of Somalis are in need of life-saving assistance. Three years of extreme drought has brought Somalia to its knees. Some six million people or 40 …

MOGADISHU — Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) has disbursed food packages to 500 needy families living in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday. The humanitarian organization said it will continue distributing more food parcels and organize iftar dinners for needy people during this holy month of Ramadan. Mogadishu hosts a number of …

MOGADISHU — Four United Nations agencies on Tuesday appealed for an urgent injection of funds to enable a scale-up of life-saving assistance in Somalia which is facing famine conditions. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), …

NAIROBI — Millions of people in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are experiencing a drought of a length not experienced in the last 40 years, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) said Monday. IGAD, which has an eight-country trade bloc in Africa, through its Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) said at …

MOGADISHU — The health department of the Benadir Regional Administration (BRA) has conducted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine training for professionals drawn from different fields. BRA’s training, which spanned two days, is specifically meant for vaccinators and data managers. The authority told journalists that it invited vaccinators and data managers from across …

HARGEISA — In response to the destruction caused by a blaze in Hargeisa, the United Nations deployed an inter-agency team of technical experts to work with the government and the response committee to assess the damage and support the rebuilding of a marketplace. On the site of what used to …

DJIBOUTI/MOGADISHU — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief)  launched the King Salman program for iftar in Djibouti on Sunday, distributing food to people to help them break their fasts throughout the holy month of Ramadan. The event was coordinated by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM) has today dispatched first food aid to Buhoodle district. The aid is expected to be distributed to needy families as the town hosts many people fled from their homes due to the ongoing devastating drought. Somalia is facing the …