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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 …

KISMAYO — Reports from Kismayo town under Jubaland administration, confirm that Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed died in a car explosion today. A released press statement state that the explosion that killed a prominent Somali cleric, took place at Somalia Star intersection in Kismayo. The bomb was deliberately attached to the bottom …

HARGEISA — The United Nations Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, visited Somaliland to assess the drought situation. He highlighted the need for urgent humanitarian support to drought-affected communities in the area. During the two-day visit, Mr. Abdelmoula toured the drought-affected area of …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations top relief official in Somalia on Monday called for urgent humanitarian support to drought-affected communities in Somalia’s northern region of Somaliland. Adam Abdelmoula, UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Somalia who visited Somaliland to assess the drought situation, noted an increase in the number of …

BELEDWEYNE  —  At least 10 people were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide bomb attack at a restaurant in the central Somalia town of Beletweyne. Sources said that a suicide bomber who was at the restaurant blew up at about 1 pm local time when most people were …

MOGADISHU — The number of people displaced by the current drought in Somalia doubled in January from 245,000 to 554,500, the UN indicated on Friday. Most of the displaced people have fled from the Galgadud, Mudug, and Bay regions, according to an infographic by the UN Office for the Coordination …

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a €20 million contribution from Germany to save lives and livelihoods of the most severely drought-affected farmers and herders in the Horn of Africa. It is a vital contribution which comes at a critical time in the response …

MOGADISHU — Besides causing loss of human lives, severe drought in Somalia has affected over half a million livestock population and has led to large-scale displacements in the region. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Adan Mohumed Farah, country adviser for the UK-based humanitarian group Save the Children, said the situation was …

HARGEISA — Somaliland today caried out an execution of four Somaliland soldiers convicted of various murder charges by the country’s military courts. The soldiers executed by a firing squad, were found guilty in killing civilians in some parts of Somaliland. Two other men sentenced to death by a Somaliland court, …