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MOGADISHU — Sureedo lives on her farm in Qoordumey village, Dolow, Somalia. She grows fruits and vegetables with her family and was among the 2 500 rural farming households affected by the drought and desert locust swarms that have decimated crops and destroyed livelihoods. The ongoing drought, the invasion of …

MOGADISHU — HIV prevalence rate of infection in Somalia has been dropping over the last 14 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. Citing periodic surveys conducted, the WHO warned despite the general decline in HIV prevalence across Somalia, there are locations such as Garowe and Bosaso in Puntland …

MOGADISHU —  At least six people have died in the past week due to an ongoing devastating drought in Somalia’s southwestern Gedo region, officials and community activists said Monday. Ibrahim Abdinur, a local administrator in the town of Luuq, one of the hardest-hit areas, confirmed the death toll to Anadolu …

MOGADISHU —  A Turkish humanitarian aid group announced Tuesday that it will take part in an ongoing relief campaign in Somalia because of a climate change-related deadly drought that has killed at least six people in the past week. “We are currently planning CR zones. We plan to donate food …

MOGADISHU — The International Organization for Migration (IOM), through its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) program, said that it facilitated the safe return of 32 Somali migrants in the month of November. “Currently, there are nearly 6,000 Somali migrants in Libya, many of whom are still stranded,” said Federico Soda, Chief …

MOGADISHU — The federal Member States of Jubaland and South West State in Somalia, joined the rest of the world on Thursday in commemorating the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), with a pledge to eliminate violence against women and children in Somalia. Organised by the Protection, Human …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government on Saturday provided one million U.S. dollars in emergency assistance to help citizens who have been affected by the worsening drought. Prime Minister Mohamed Roble who chaired a meeting of the drought taskforce committee in Mogadishu directed the committee to channel the resources to the …

ROME/DOHA — Efforts to help vulnerable rural communities in Somalia achieve food security and build up resilience towards climate change have received a boost thanks to a new partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), the state’s public …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmaajo “ donates his Nov and Dec salaries to the relief effort in aid of drought victims. “The funds shall be used to cater for our beloved citizens widely affected by the severe droughts across our Republic,” In a Villa Somalia said in statement. …

MOGADISHU — At least eight people were killed and over 17 others wounded in a car bombing that rocked Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday morning, police said. A police officer told Anadolu Agency that the attack targeted a convoy of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM). “The bomb attack …