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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 …

Somalia has one of the lowest prices for internet data bundles. It also has the fastest internet connection in the Eastern African region at a relatively low cost. In Somalia, most internet users rely on the internet for entertainment and access to the daily news.  The COVID-19 pandemic has made …

To celebrate International Nurses’ Day, marked around the world on Florence Nightingale’s birthday on 12 May, and International Midwives’ Day, which falls on 7 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Somalia is acknowledging the remarkable contribution of nurses and midwives in the country. WHO spoke to 2 experts to …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations warns Somalia faces a perilous future as drought followed by torrential rains have destroyed this year’s planting season. Somalia is one of the countries in the world most prone to the erratic and calamitous impacts of climate change. It has been hit by a double …

MOGADISHU — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center launched today the Eid Al-Fitr Zakat Distribution Project in Somalia. KSrelief distributed 22,857 bags of rice weighing 458 tons in Galkayo city, Puntland State and Hargeisa city, Somaliland, benefiting 137,142 individuals. Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs of Somaliland Sheikh Khalil …

MOGADISHU — At least 25 people have been killed in the past seven days due to heavy rains pounding several parts of Somalia, the United Nations humanitarian agency said in a statement on Sunday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said among the dead include 14 …