DISPLACEMENT AND ASYLUM

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Monday it has received 6.6 million U.S. dollars in funding to meet the needs of forcibly displaced populations, including refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as their host communities in Somalia. The UNHCR said the funding will be critical …

MOGADISHU — More than 7,000 people have been displaced in four days in Galmudug State, in central Somalia, after government forces withdrew from the area, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that Somali military forces began withdrawing from locations including Bacadweyn, …

MOGADISHU — More than 3.45 million people had been internally displaced in Somalia as of January 2024 due to multiple shocks, including drought, floods, and conflict, the UN migration agency said Wednesday. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the vast majority (88 percent) of internally displaced persons (IDPs) …

MOGADISHU — About 2.9 million people were internally displaced in Somalia in 2023 due to flooding, conflict or insecurity, and drought, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. The UNHCR said 57 percent of the 2.9 million were displaced due to flooding, 25 percent due to conflict or …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s House of People Speaker Sheikh Adan Madobe has on Sunday received UNHCR Representative in Somalia, Magatte Guisse, and his deputy, Sanaa Omer. In the meeting at his office in the capital Mogadishu, the Speaker bade farewell to the outgoing UNHCR officials who have completed their tour of …

MOGADISHU — Minister of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation Ahmed Fiqi on Wednesday bade farewell to Mr. Magatte Guisse and Ms. Sanaa Omer of UNHCR Somalia as they conclude their mission tour in Somalia. During the meeting, they discussed range of critical topics including strengthening the UNHCR support to the …

JOWHAR — Issak Ahmed Hussein the captain of Towfik Internally Displaced Persons Football Team was looking forward to the football match against African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) soldiers stationed in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle State.  Previously, when the football opponents faced each other five years ago, the …

DADAAB — News from the North Eastern region of Kenya reports that a vehicle carrying civilians near the Dadaab refugee camp was hit by an explosion, suspected to be a landmine, targeting civilians returning from Dadaab to their homes. Confirmed reports indicate that the explosion resulted in the tragic death …

MOGADISHU — At least four people have died while more than 278,000 others have been affected by torrential rains and riverine floods since the start of the seasonal Deyr (average October-December) rains in Somalia three weeks ago, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). …

MOGADISHU — Flash floods caused by heavy rains on Wednesday have displaced 107,000 people in the Baidoa district in southwestern Somalia, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Sunday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said several houses were reportedly inundated, including makeshift shelters hosting over …