ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTERS

MOGADISHU — El Nino is likely to displace 651,000 children 5-17 years of age, of whom 225,000 are in school in the affected districts, according to projections from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The UNICEF said the impact of the floods on the education sector will include the displacement …

BELEDWEYNE — The People in the Hiiraan region say that there is a brewing fear that the Shabelle River may flood the riverine areas after reaching its baneful height. If this happens, it could affect the local population, mainly those living in the riverine areas. The administrator of the Fiidow area …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said Monday its Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) Unit is ramping up mitigation measures, including mapping out flood-prone areas ahead of the expected El Nino rains. The FAO said its SWALIM has finalized the analysis and …

JOWHAR — A massive fire erupted at a bustling market in Jowhar town, the interim capital of the Hirshabelle regional state. The blaze, which originated in a bakery located in the heart of the Hantiwadag neighborhood, quickly spread throughout the market, engulfing numerous businesses and sending billowing clouds of smoke …

NAIROBI — The Horn of Africa will experience higher than normal temperatures between October to December, a period when the region is also expected to have El Nino rains that would lead to heavy flooding, the East African bloc climate service warned Wednesday. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate …

MOGADISHU — The Somali Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) warned on Thursday that El Nino will likely occur in the southern part of the country due to the expected rainy season. The ministry has urged aid agencies in Somalia to closely monitor and prepare for potential flood-related consequences …

MOGADISHU — Somalia may have been pummelled by drought for five straight seasons, but officials in Mogadishu say the people here won’t give up yet. And Khadija Mohamed Almakhzoumi, the Federal Minister for Environment and Climate Change said this week the three-year dry weather, sometimes punctuated with sudden floods, has …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the British embassy in Mogadishu on Wednesday launched a 3.8-million-U.S.-dollar anticipatory action ahead of the El Nino event in Somalia. The FAO said the anticipatory action and preparedness initiative will target about 1.2 million people who are …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Somalia are collaborating to help the country join the global fight against climate change. The FAO said Tuesday evening that the collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (CC)seeks to develop the country’s nationally determined …

MOGADISHU — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has committed 10 million U.S. dollars to tackling the triple challenges of desertification, climate change, and biodiversity losses. The commitment will be part of the country’s allocation from the adaptation fund in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Mohamud said while …