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ROME (SoOHA) – The government of Italy has withheld €6 million meant for rehabilitation of Shabelle river to end perennial flooding in Beletweyne after Somalia failed to apply for the grants. A report by the Italian newspaper la Republica notes that the funds were earmarked for reconstruction of the banks …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Flooding in parts of Somalia has impacted more than 547,000 people, of whom 370,000 have been displaced from their homes, destroying livelihoods and infrastructure in the Horn of Africa nation, the UN said on Monday. Citing figures from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-led protection and return …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – A combined $18.7 million has been released from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to scale up life-saving assistance to just over half a million people affected by floods in Somalia. “These funds come at a critical time, enabling humanitarian …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Officials from Turkey and Somalia met on Friday in Mogadishu to discuss crucial issues concerning the two countries. Somalia’s Energy and Water Resources Minister Fawzia Mohamed Sheikh received Turkey’s Ambassador to Mogadishu Mehmet Yilmaz in her office in the capital. Topping the meeting agenda was the floods …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – More than 370,000 people have been forced from their homes in central Somalia by ongoing flooding. The town of Beledweyne, about 187 miles north of the capital, Mogadishu, was inundated late last month by seasonal rains, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. …

NAIROBI ( SoOHA) – Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called upon the Somali business community in neighboring Kenya to play their part in the efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to citizens affected by the flooding in the country. More than 200, 000 people were affected by the flash floods in …

GURIEL (SoOHA) – Sixteen-year-old Shukri Hashi Abdi’s mornings at home in Guriel, central Somalia, begin at the crack of dawn, making sure that her five brothers and two younger sisters are all fed and the house is clean. “After I finish cooking pancakes and soup, and preparing tea, I wash …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new US$10 million climate adaptation project to help rural communities secure access to diminishing water supplies. More than 360,000 farmers and pastoralists are set to benefit from sustainable water management, expanded drought, and flood early-warning systems and …

LASANOD (SoOHA) – Pastoralists in Lasanod in the northern Somali Sool region have been forced to migrate from their homes following mudslides in the valleys where they have been grazing their livestock. Torrential rains and flash floods in recent weeks have left deep gullies and sinkholes across the grazing valleys, …

BELEDWEYNE (SoOHA) – Turkish and Qatari ambassadors arrived at the floods ravaged town of Beletweyne on Saturday where they pledged support to alleviate suffering as the floods continue to push many out of their homes. Ambassador Hassan Bin Hamza Hashem (Qatar) and his Turkish counter Mehmet Yilmaz arrived at the town …