NEWS

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency on Monday appealed for additional funds to respond to the impact of the Gu (April-to-June) rains in Somalia as dry conditions are predicted in the coming weeks. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the rains killed …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has developed a new web platform designed to transform the analysis and visualization of geospatial data and improve humanitarian preparedness and response in Somalia. The new platform, GeoSight, is an open-source web geospatial data platform for easy data visualization and analysis, focusing on …

NAIROBI — At least 528 people had been killed by heavy rains and flash floods that continue to cause damage and displacement across East Africa, the United Nations relief agency said on Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that as of May 30, about …

NAIROBI — The Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) region has recorded a surge in disease outbreaks following the recent heavy rains that caused massive flooding, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in East Africa said in a report released on Thursday. According to IGAD, the diseases with recorded outbreaks include …

NAIROBI — Some 74.9 million people in the Greater Horn of Africa (HoA) region are highly food insecure and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), …

NAIROBI — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has donated 18 million USD to Somalia to address issues caused by climate change. The agreement was signed during the African Development Bank’s annual meeting in Nairobi. Somalia’s Finance Minister, Bihi Iman Egeh, and the bank’s Vice President, Dr. Beth Dunford, signed the …

MOGADISHU — Two international conservation charities have joined forces to launch an awareness campaign in Somaliland, northern Somalia, to educate the public about the critical issue of wildlife trafficking, with a specific focus on the cheetahs of the Horn of Africa. The campaign, organized by the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) …

GENEVA — Dr. Ali Haji Adam Abubakar, Somalia’s Minister of Health and Social Welfare, was elected one of five Vice Presidents of the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA), which began Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Frank Anthony, Guyana’s Minister of Health, was elected First Vice President. The other countries elected as vice presidents are Guyana, …

BELEDWYNE — Tens of thousands of students in Somalia’s central Hiran region have been forced to stay out of schools after heavy rains flooded the institutions. According to Somali education officials, more than 37,000 students in this region in central Somalia are no longer in school due to the impact …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations relief agency has allocated 2 million U.S. dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for an urgent response to the cholera outbreak in Somalia, the UN said on Monday. The allocation is supporting UN agencies and their partners to provide lifesaving assistance to 60,000 …