ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTERS

GENEVA — Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks reported in around 30 countries this year, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The WHO said at a UN press conference that it is following cholera outbreaks in 30 countries in Africa and …

MOGADISHU — Somalia typically gets two rainy seasons per year. The first, called the Gu rains, usually start in late March or April and last until June. The second round of rains, known as the Deyr, generally produce less precipitation and arrive in October or November. But Somalia’s last four …

MOGADISHU — A delegation led by Somali Deputy Prime Minister Salah Jama is attending the 10th Summit of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) in Angola’s capital Luanda. The Summit began on the 6th of December and is expected to conclude on Saturday. At least 79 Member …

MOGADISHU — Abdifatah Hared can often be found on Somalia’s beaches leading groups of young volunteers in green T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Greenwatch Trust’. They spend hours picking up the rubbish scattered all over the sand, polluting the Indian Ocean and ruining the beauty of Somalia’s coastline, which at …

GENEVA — The Special envoy of drought relief for Somalia, Abdirahman Abdishakur has met with American officials in Switzerland that have attended the 113th session of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Council. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for the humanitarian affairs of the US foreign affairs ministry, Elizabeth H. Campbell, …

MOGADISHU — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has committed 1.9 million U.S. dollars to Somalia in emergency funding to support health systems and communities faced with climate change disasters. The funds will cover food support for over 2,800 tuberculosis (TB) patients and 374 multidrug-resistant TB patients, …

KISMAYO — Somalia’s education architecture has been hard hit by a three decade internal conflict that has left behind dilapidated schools and disadvantaged many school-age going children calling on the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops operating in Somalia under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to step in …

MOGADISHU — Somalia needs $55.5 billion in investment and assistance in the next 10 years to be able to recover from climatic shocks. Mohamed Osman, an economic advisor to the Somali president said greater efforts are also needed for conflict-hit countries to access funds beyond the new proposed compensation deal. The package is …

UNITED NATIONS — Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, on Friday announced a first emergency response grant worth 5 million U.S. dollars for Somali children affected by a devastating ongoing drought along with renewed conflicts over scarce resources. The 12-month grant …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH —  A Somali official said he is “disappointed” that little has been done to address loss and damage to nations vulnerable to climate change at the U.N. climate conference. Mohamed Osman Mahmoud, an economic advisor to the Somali president, said he wanted to see “structured dialogue with accountability, …