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MOGADISHU — The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Khadija Mohamed Dirie today met with the UK Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian affairs Nick Dyer to discuss further development of co-operation between Somalia and the UK. The Minister Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management briefed the delegation on …

BALAD HAWO — Salaam Somali Bank (SSB) continues to provides free microfinance to small businesses in the country as part of a grant program aimed at improving the fledgling economy. On Monday, the Bank’s branch in the border town of Balad Hawo in the Gedo region has provided free microfinance …

MOGADISHU — As COVID-19 continues to affect the livelihoods and health of billions of people around the world, communities in Somalia are grappling with the pandemic while facing an added burden of a deepening humanitarian crisis. Recent flash flooding and the worst locust invasion in a decade have left many …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is bracing a new wave of desert locusts threatening farmlands, while parts of the country are already reeling from destructive seasonal floods and rainstorms. This fresh desert locust invasion is causing alarm among the farming communities, threatening their livelihood and harming food production and income. In anticipation of …

MOGADISHU — As part of celebrations to mark International Human Rights Day, African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) senior police officers engaged in a virtual roundtable discussion with gender focal persons across the mission to recommit to the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the workplace. The discussion also …

MOGADISHU — On International Universal Health Coverage Day, the Somali Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, renewed its commitment to accelerate efforts to provide universal health coverage (UHC) for all Somalis. Together, they also urged …

MOGADISHU — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has launched a project to distribute 300 tons of dates to the people in Somalia. As many as 122,500 Somalis in the country’s southeastern Benaadir region are expected to benefit from the Saudi aid program. The project was launched …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is no stranger to floods and droughts — or to the crop failure and hunger that they bring. In 2011, more than 250,000 people died of famine while in 2017 a lack of rain caused widespread hunger and loss of animals, leaving over 6m people food insecure. …

GENEVA — A report by the UN refugee agency estimated that global forced displacement surpassed 80 million at mid-year, noting that the full picture for 2020 is not yet established. “With forced displacement doubling in the last decade, the international community is failing to safeguard peace,” said Filippo Grandi, the …

DHOBLEY  — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has handed over four newly built classrooms at Wamo Primary and Secondary school, to the local administration of Dhobley town in Jubaland State of Somalia, to boost education in the region. The classrooms constructed by AMISOM, with funds from the Italian …