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MOGADISHU —  Somalia declared the worst desert locust invasion in a quarter-century a national emergency that’s posing a major threat to an already fragile food situation. Swarms of the insects are breeding in Djibouti, Eritrea, and Sudan and have also spread to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia where they are devouring swaths …

RABAT — Morocco promised Wednesday to help Somalia enhance its capacities in water management, tackle flooding and solve water drainage issues. The pledge was made by Moroccan Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water Abdelkader Amara during a meeting with his Somali counterpart Fawzia Mohamed in Rabat. The two sides …

MOGADISHU — “I have never seen something like this the whole of my life,” laments 65-year-old Marian.* Marian lives in a camp for displaced people in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. She has lived in the camp since 2016 when she and her family fled the war in a neighbouring …

BAIDOA — Communities in the Buurhakaba district have been affected by regular drought periods for several years, causing the loss of all their assets including livestock and crops. To support them, ACTED teams conducted rehabilitation activities and trained communities on livelihood diversification and improved productivity at the community level. Responding …

LASANOD — Hundreds of farmers and pastoralists have been displaced in Odagoye, south of Lasanod in east Somaliland after a severe water shortage arose due to quarrying activities in the river- bed. Hawa Mohamed, a divorced mother of six children, saw her one and a half hectare farm shriveling up …

ADDIS ABABA — The UN needs $358 million to care for refugees being sheltered in Ethiopia, UN officials said Monday. Kisut Gebre Egziabher, the Ethiopian spokesperson for the UNHCR refugee agency, told Anadolu Agency that this sum would be enough to provide for the basic needs of refugees such as food, …

BELETWEYNE — Diarrhea outbreak has killed 16 people in villages under the Hiiraan region caused by river Shebelle floods in November 2019. Beletweyne referral hospital has received 75 patients for the last two days. The impact of waterborne disease in BeledWeyn town reaches a high level of diarrhea patient receiving …

MOGADISHU — At least three children between the ages of 4 and 6 died from hunger and disease in Mogadishu’s Kahda neighborhood internally displaced camps Friday, local media reported. “At least 3 children have died from extreme hunger at IDP camp near Mogadishu. This comes days after UN agencies called for …

LUQ  — Luul Mohamed Isaq, 42, a mother of seven, has been living in Kulmiye camp in Luq, in the southern Somali region of Gedo, under appalling conditions since she fled from neighbouring Ethiopia last June. Luul and her children have been sleeping rough, sheltering under a flimsy shack made …

BAIDOA  — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has concluded a two-day human rights training workshop for staff from line ministries of Southwest State in Baidoa. The training was organized by AMISOM, in collaboration with UNSOM Human Rights Office in Baidoa. The training is geared towards enabling staff of …