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MOGADISHU — Salaam Somali Bank which is a privately owned bank continues to contribute to Somalia’s economic growth by providing free microfinance funds to develop small businesses. On Sunday, Nov 21, the Bank’s HQs in the Bakaro market provided funds to the local traders in Mogadishu, who were in dire …

KISMAYO —  At least five people have died of starvation after losing their livestock to drought in the Gedo region of Jubbaland state. According to Luuq District Commissioner Ali Kadiye Ahmed, two of the dead were children. The governor added that hundreds of displaced families and people from other areas …

MOGADISHU — Several people have reportedly died of hunger and thirst-related complications in the Gedo region of Somalia as the ongoing drought takes its toll. As many as three people have died of starvation and thirst in the region, especially in the Luuq area, according to Ali Kadiye Ahmed, the …

MOGADISHU — A Somali journalist with state-run media was killed Saturday in Mogadishu when a suicide bomber blew up his car, government officials and his colleagues said. Another journalist also was injured. Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, better known as Afrika, the director of the state-run Radio Mogadishu, died from his wounds, …

KISMAYO — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), has concluded a five-day training workshop on the prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Kismayo, the administrative capital of Jubaland State. The Training of Trainers course was attended by 25 (15 male and ten female) trainers on …

MOGADISHU —  At least eight people were killed and 13 others wounded in a bomb blast in Somalia’s South West State on Friday. The explosion occurred in a busy market in the town of Berdale, located some 310 kilometers (192 miles) from the capital Mogadishu, a police official told Anadolu …

MOGADISHU — UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths has allocated US$8 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund for early action in response to drought in Somalia. Somalia is experiencing severe drought conditions after two consecutive failed rainy seasons, especially affecting the southwest of the country. The current rainy season was …

HARGEISA — Taiwan has donated medical supplies to Somaliland to help the East African country combat COVID-19. The Taiwanese representative office in Somaliland, Kaohsiung Medical University, the International College of Surgeons Taiwan Section, LAN cable manufacturer Wonderful Hi-Tech and other non-governmental entities on Wednesday (Nov. 18) jointly donated 100,000 masks …

MOGADISHU — The number of people in Somalia in need of humanitarian assistance is set to rise by 30% next year from 5.9 million to 7.7 million, the UN warned on Monday. “Humanitarian needs remain high across all sectors in Somalia,” said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs …

MOGADISHU — Food insecurity in Somalia is likely to increase significantly through May 2022. Many households will experience widening food intake gaps and erosion of their coping ability, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported in a report. Citing Somalia 2021 Post Gu Seasonal Food Security and …