NAIROBI — In a joint statement Monday, humanitarian organizations working in East Africa called for global solidarity to save the drought-stricken Horn of Africa (HoA) from a looming famine. The organizations, which include various arms of the United Nations, said that already 20.9 million people in East Africa are highly …
Read More »Somali president arrives in Egypt to attend COP27
SHARMA EL SHEIKH — President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and a delegation he led reached Sharma El Sheikh, Egypt, to attend the International Conference of Climate of the world. The President accompanied by the Somali experts on Climate will attend the COP27 conference alongside the other leaders of the …
Read More »Experts say climate change accelerating conflicts in Africa
NAIROBI — The Horn of Africa has registered a rise in conflicts because of an increase in climate disasters, experts said on Friday. Linda Ogallo, a climate adaptation expert at the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC), said drought and floods are some of the …
Read More »UNHCR urges world to help HoA tackle climate crises
NAIROBI — The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called on global leaders to spare no efforts in helping countries in the Horn of Africa (HoA) to break the cycle of conflict and climate crises. Grandi, who on Tuesday concluded a five-day visit to Somalia and Kenya, said …
Read More »Somalia launches ambitious project to plant 10 mln trees
MOGADISHU — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud launched a national tree-planting project on Friday. The National Regreening Initiative aims to plant 10 million trees across Somalia as part of efforts to boost biodiversity and climate resilience and curb deforestation amid devastating droughts. President Mohamud planted the inaugural seedlings of a …
Read More »SONNA eyes cooperation with AA reshaping climate change narrative
ISTANBUL — Climate change is a “very important” issue for Somalia, which has suffered years of drought and famine, the head of the Horn of Africa country’s state-run news agency said on Thursday, hailing a forum on the environment by Anadolu Agency (AA) that he was attending. “There is drought …
Read More »Somalia drought: Witnessing a two-year-old’s death from hunger
DOLLOW — After two days in a small Somali hospital, Abdiwali Abdi seemed to be groping his way towards some sort of recovery. The two-year-old still weighed just 4.6kg (10lb 2oz) – not much more than a healthy newborn. But he had the energy to moan now, and his mother, …
Read More »Climate migration: Blind and homeless amid Somalia’s drought
DOLLOW — Blindness heightens the remaining senses. The thud of a toppling camel is more jarring, the feel of tightening skin more acute, the smell of death thicker after weeks and months and then years without the rain that’s needed to survive. Perhaps, as panic rose with the wind, Mohamed …
Read More »UN refugee agency: Climate change, conflict forcing more people in Africa to flee
GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, is warning that the displacement crisis in the Horn of Africa and Sahel is getting worse as the impact of climate change and conflict are forcing more people to flee in search of safety and humanitarian assistance. Climate shocks like floods and droughts are …
Read More »Amb. Gamal appointed head of IGAD climate centre
DJABOUTI — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD has appointed former Somali federal Planning Minister Amb. Gamal Mohamed Hassan as the head of the IGAD Centre for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Protection (CAEP) in Somalia. IGAD established the research center last December in Mogadishu to combat climate change. Former Somali …
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