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GENEVA — The United Nations announced Friday it is scaling back its humanitarian aid goals in Yemen and Somalia in the latest fallout from a drastic drop in funding from member states. It said the cuts are putting millions of lives at risk around the world. In January the UN …

MOGADISHU —  At least 55,000 children in Somalia will lose access to lifesaving nutrition services by June as international aid cuts force Save the Children to shut down more than a quarter of its health and nutrition facilities across the country. The child-focused aid agency, the largest non-governmental provider of …

MOGADISHU — More torrential rains have hit Somalia, this time in Banadir, northeast of the capital Mogadishu, killing nine people and triggering deadly flooding 24,000 people being affected, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. “Key infrastructure was destroyed, and shelters in displacement sites were swept away,” said the UN Office for …

MOGADISHU — At least 17 people have been killed and more than 84,000 others displaced by flash floods following torrential rains across Somalia since mid-April, the United Nations relief agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said an assessment conducted by disaster management …

MOGADISHU — Around 25 representatives from Somali Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) recently participated in a key consultative session facilitated by the United Nations Integrated Transition Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) in Mogadishu. The session focused on reviewing and discussing two cornerstone documents for the UN’s development support in Somalia: the UN …

MOGADISHU — A fire broke out Monday evening in the medicine section of Bakara Market, located in the Howlwadaag district of the Banadir region, damaging a commercial building before being controlled by emergency services. According to a statement from Abdiaziz Godax Bare, Director of the Emergency and Fire Department of …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Health of Somalia, in partnership with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has concluded a nationwide training program for 45 journalists aimed at enhancing public awareness about childhood vaccines. The training focused on equipping media professionals with accurate, science-based knowledge about vaccines, including those that protect …

MOGADISHU — The Second Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Jibril Abdirashid, led a joint national and regional task force—appointed by Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre—on an inspection tour of areas affected by the heavy rains that struck Mogadishu from last night into this morning. The …

MOGADISHU — Torrential rains that lashed the Somali capital of Mogadishu overnight have left more than 10 people dead, caused significant destruction, and disrupted movement across key parts of the city, locals said Saturday. The worst-hit area was the Ceelqalow neighborhood in Wadajir district, along with several other low-lying districts, …

LAS ANOD — In a significant boost to public health efforts, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has delivered nearly 3 million doses of routine vaccines to Las Anod, thanks to a collaborative initiative with Somalia’s federal Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Health of SSC-Khaatumo. The vaccines include …