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MOGADISHU — The first batch of Somali returnees from Dadaab camp in Kenya since the outbreak of COVID-19 arrived in Mogadishu today. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR said Saturday the first group of 42 individuals landed in Mogadishu as part of the voluntary repatriation programme. ‘After months of suspension due to …

MOGADISHU  — Cyclone Gati which made landfall in late September has dissipated, but rains from the deadly storm continue to pound different towns, the UN said Tuesday. “Cyclone Gati has reportedly killed nine people and destroyed almost 4,000 properties belonging to nomadic communities. It also destroyed 886 properties which amount …

BAIDOA — The Somali Prime Minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, praised the Qatari support for his country, applauding Qatar Charity(QC) for implementing the qualitative developmental projects in the country. This came during the inauguration of a multi-service center and a charity bakery by Qatar Charity in Baidoa in the southwestern Bay …

GAROWE — Electronics shop owner Mohamed Nor had a thriving business selling televisions and phones in Somalia’s coastal town of Bosaso until three days ago when the most powerful storm to hit the country hammered his business and left him with nothing. “I had a booming shop in downtown Bosaso. …

MOGADISHU — Tropical cyclone Gati which made landfall in Somalia on Sunday evening, killing eight people and caused destruction, has weakened and is moving towards the Gulf of Aden, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said however that heavy …

MOGADISHU — At least eight people were killed and 70,000 others affected by a tropical cyclone, Gati, which made landfall in Somalia on Sunday evening causing heavy rains and windstorms, the UN humanitarian agency said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said an unknown …

NAIROBI — Somalia is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change shocks in sub-Saharan Africa and the least survive climate effects, a report by a Canadian University has said. The report by the University of Notre Dame University ranks Somalia at position 179 out of 181 countries citing ‘lack the …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s private sector got a boost Sunday following a formal pact between the government and the World Bank’s investment division, IFC. The agreement which is a first with the World Bank body aims at supporting investment and growth in the private sector. The sector which forms the plank …

MOGADISHU — At least 214,000 people have been temporarily displaced from their homes across Somalia since October due to flooding caused by heavy rains, the UN agency said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest Floods Update that displacements have occurred …

MOGADISHU — Muslima Abdirahman, a Somali mother of nine, escaped death twice in the past two years while shopping for groceries in Mogadishu, where Islamist insurgents regularly carry out suicide bombings on busy streets and markets. She shudders at the memories: “I wiped my tears with my veil and went …