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BELEDWEYNE — A delegation of federal ministers, parliamentarians, and government officials arrived in Beledweyne on Monday to mediate inter-clan conflicts that broke out in the town’s western suburbs. The delegation that arrived includes the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Somali Government Abdifatah Qasim, the Minister of State for Justice …

MOGADISHU — The recent torrential rains across Somalia have affected around 166,000 people, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said while the rains have reduced in some areas, it is alarming that Somalia has been hit by a …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the French Government on Tuesday announced a partnership in kind, which will allow FAO and other organizations to strategically focus their flood response efforts with innovations in technology and satellite imagery. In a statement FAO said the …

HARGEISA — The European Union, in partnership with Somaliland’s Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs, and Family, launched two new projects to combat Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and all forms of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country. The initiatives will be implemented by Candlelight and Health Poverty Action and were selected …

BELEDWEYNE — Travel to the regional capital of Hirshabelle has been cut off after intense flooding rendered the roads unusable, according to local officials and residents. Hirshabelle administration Minister of Relief and Disaster Management Abdimahad Abdullahi Qoorgaab told VOA that floods have cut off roads on both sides of the …

MOGADISHU — The European Union today hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to launch the Berbera Beach Development project, part of an EU-funded urban development project launched in 2020. Part of the Beach to be carried out in the coming years by Berbera and UN-Habitat. Seven months will focus mainly on inclusion …

MOGADISHU — Hundreds of people have been displaced & large farmlands of newly sown crops destroyed by floods after a Shabelle river burst its banks in Baarey & Moyko villages near Jowhar officials said, as the Food and Agricultural Organizataion warned rising water levels along the Juba and Shabelle Rivers …

MOGADISHU — The Horn of Africa region is staring at food shortages after the delayed start of the long rains in some countries and below-average rainfall in others. The UN and the government of Somalia have jointly declared drought in the country after officials determined that 80 percent of Somalia …

BRUSSELS/ROME  — The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has welcomed an €8 million contribution from the European Union (EU) that will enable countries in the Horn of Africa to maintain a state of readiness in the face of a possible resurgence …

MOGADISHU — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) concluded yesterday the distribution project of al-Fitr related Zakat for 2021 in Somalia. The project benefited 137,142 individuals in various Somali towns and adjacent villages, as they received about 458 tons of rice. Ending of the project with the conclusion …