ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTERS

MOGADISHU — Plastic pollution poses a major global problem, with 400 million tons of plastic produced annually. Each day, over 2,000 garbage trucks deposit plastic waste into our oceans, rivers, and lakes, yet only a third of it undergoes recycling. In Somalia, the issue of plastic pollution is particularly pressing …

MOGADISHU — Following devastating rains in Somalia, UN humanitarians said on Monday they are launching a national flood preparedness and response plan with the authorities. “According to early estimates by our partners, more than 460,000 people have been affected, including nearly 219,000 people who have been displaced,” the UN Office …

MOGADISHU — Floods caused by the annual rains have left “a trail of destruction“ across Somalia, a United Nations spokesman said, citing inundated homes and farmland as well as the shutdown of health facilities. “According to early estimates by our partners, more than 460,000 people have been impacted, including nearly …

NAIROBI/NEW YORK — UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell travelled to eastern Kenya yesterday to meet families and refugees struggling to recover from the worst climate-induced drought to hit the region in 40 years. After five poor or failed rainy seasons in the last three years in the Horn of Africa, many …

MOGADISHU — The drought affecting millions of people in the Horn of Africa(HoA) has been made worse by human-induced climate change, a new study said on Thursday. The study published by World Weather Attribution, an academic collaboration studying extreme meteorological events, found that the southern part of the Horn of Africa, …

MOGADISHU —  Somali journalists launched a new network of environmental journalists in Somalia on Monday, intending to increase reporting on environmental challenges and opportunities in the country. Environmental Journalists for Somalia (EJS) aims to bring together media professionals to enhance media focus on environmental issues in the country, which suffers …

DOHA — The Qatari Environment and Climate Change Minister HE Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Nasser bin Ahmed Al-Thani met today with HE Minister of Environment and Climate Change of the Federal Republic of Somalia Khadija Mohamed Almakhzoumi and her accompanying delegation, who is visiting the country. The meeting discussed ways …

HELSINKI — The first Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of the Federal Republic of Somalia Khadija Mohamed Almakhzoumi visits Finland on 31 January–3 February 2023. The visit is on the invitation of the Finnish Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Maria Ohisalo. The purpose of the visit …

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 …