ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTERS

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …