ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTERS

MOGADISHU — The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) and the NIS Foundation have agreed to work together on various issues related to climate change, disaster preparedness and response, food security, environmental protection, emergency aid and sustainable development. The two organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday at the …

NAIROBI — The greater part of the Horn of Africa is expected to receive heavy rains between January and March 2024, with the weather pattern following recent El Nino rains, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) said on Friday. The institution, based in the Kenyan …

ABU DHABI — Somali government has officially become a member of the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance, an initiative fostering collaboration between climate-vulnerable developing countries and providers of climate finance. The announcement was made during an event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, attended by Somalia’s Minister of Environment and …

MOGADISHU — The Minister of Finance of Somalia, Mr. Bihi Iman Egeh, today met with the Deputy Representative of the United Nations in Somalia for the coordination of humanitarian activities, Mr. George Conway. During the meeting, officials focused on the debt relief mechanism and how to reduce the impacts of …

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 …