ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTERS

BELEDWEYNE — Hundreds of families in Hiiraan region’s Jalalaqsi district have begun evacuating their homes following the flooding of the Shabelle River in the district’s neighbourhoods on Wednesday, according to residents. Speaking to local media, the administration of Jalalaqsi district has urgently requested immediate assistance, noting that the floodwaters have …

MOGADISHU — The death toll from heavy rains and floods in Somalia has risen to 101 with 1 million people displaced and 1.5 million affected nationwide, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said late Wednesday. In a nationally televised speech, Mohamud said Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis caused by the …

LONDON — Save the Children unveiled a distressing analysis Wednesday that indicates extreme weather events in 2022 propelled more than 27 million children into hunger and malnutrition across countries heavily affected by the climate crisis. “The majority of countries where weather extremes were the main driver of hunger last year …

MOGADISHU — The death toll from heavy rains and floods in Somalia has risen to 96, the head of the Somali Disaster Management Agency(SoDMA) said Thursday. Briefing Cabinet ministers in the capital Mogadishu, SoDMA Chief Mohamoud Moalim Abdulle said 2 million people have also been affected. Following the meeting, the government …

LONDON — The Global Food Security Summit kicked off in the British capital on Tuesday with the attendance of representatives from more than 20 countries. Focusing on international attention on the deepening global food security crisis, the event, co-hosted by the UK, the UAE, and Somalia, also discusses ways to …

MOGADISHU — Floods caused by heavy rains that started early October in Somalia have killed 50 people and displaced more than half a million others, the country’s national disaster agency said. Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) said the torrential rains have also caused landslides and flash floods in other parts …

MOGADISHU — The death toll from the floods caused by El-Nino rains in several regions of Somalia has reached 50, while over 5,000 houses have been destroyed, officials said on Thursday evening. The Chairman for the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mohamoud Moalin Abdulle, stated that the floods displaced more …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is experiencing the worst climate-change-related floods in a century, wreaking havoc in many parts of the Horn of Africa country, affecting 1.24 million people and displacing over 456,800 more since the first week of October, said a statement issued by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs …

ADDIS ABABA  — Countries in the Horn of Africa are facing severe challenges as extreme weather events and food insecurity persist, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The WHO, in its latest Horn of Africa food insecurity and health situation report issued Monday, warned that Horn of Africa countries …

MOGADISHU — The UN has released $25m (£20.5m) in aid, describing the floods as a “once-in-a-century event.” Authorities say at least 29 people have been killed and more than 300,000 displaced, with more rain to come. Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa have been hit by heavy rains since …