ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTERS

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The UK Meteorological Office has warned of an imminent tropical cyclone at the eastern Gulf of Aden in less than 24 hours’ time adding Northern Somalia and Southern Yemen will experience exceptionally high rainfall totals causing severe flash flooding across the region. The forecast released Wednesday indicates …

Situation Overview Moderate to heavy rains continued to fall across Somali and the Ethiopian highlands, resulting in increased river flooding, along the Juba and Shabelle rivers and localized flash flooding. Since early April, heavy rainfall has marked the end of prolonged drought across much of the country and has supported …

2014 UN Environment Champion of the Earth Fatima Jibrell once said: “People are fighting about limited resources, destroyed by displaced youth: a ready pool for hire for war lords, companies of charcoal; for piracy and for every other evil thing that they could find.”It is up to us to come together and …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – At the opening of a two-day, UN-supported summit on charcoal in Mogadishu, the Federal Government of Somalia has called for international, African and Middle Eastern cooperation in halting the illegal export of charcoal from the country. The export of charcoal from Somalia has been banned both by …

After Somaliland declared its independence, local people in many parts of Somaliland cut down the remaining forest cover for livelihood, income generation and energy. Deforestation is permanent clearance of trees from land without replacing them. During 1998 to 1991, civil war broke out in Somalia which resulted total damage in …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somalia will next month host a two-day international conference aimed at stopping illegal charcoal trade in the Horn of Africa nation, organizers said Saturday. The May 7-8 conference, which will bring together Somali environment experts and international donor partners, will discuss ways of stopping the illegal trade, …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – ”Our staff on the ground have seen the elderly, women and children struggling to survive while their flimsy shelters are knee-high full of stagnant water,” NRC Country Director Victor Moses said in a statement. ‘Countless displaced communities are sheltering in flood-prone areas. With limited access to proper toilets …

BORAMA (SOHA) – The University of Amoud, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has launched a first of its kind Master Programme in Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, with thirty students from Somaliland, Puntland, Jubaland, Galmudug, South West, …