PLATFORMS

MOGADISHU — The United Nations warns Somalia faces a perilous future as drought followed by torrential rains have destroyed this year’s planting season. Somalia is one of the countries in the world most prone to the erratic and calamitous impacts of climate change. It has been hit by a double …

MOGADISHU — At least 25 people have been killed in the past seven days due to heavy rains pounding several parts of Somalia, the United Nations humanitarian agency said in a statement on Sunday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said among the dead include 14 …

MOGADISHU — More than 250,000 people have been displaced in the past two weeks in violence and generalized insecurity in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and its environs, the United Nations humanitarian agency has said. The displacement took place in Banadir, Berdale and Badweyn, including nearly 200,000 in Mogadishu, in Banadir …

ADDIS ABABA — The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a provider of parametric disaster insurance products to countries and now other entities in Africa, is targeting adding Somalia to its risk pool, signing an MoU with the Government to help it work through the on boarding process. The Government of the …

MOGADISHU — The Turkish Red Crescent on Sunday distributed food packages to the needy across Somalia, an official said. A total of 1,420 food packages, including 420 in KM4 area of Hodan district in the capital Mogadishu, Orhan Kokcu, the organization’s head in the East African country, told Anadolu Agency. Over …

NAIROBI — Kenya said on Thursday it had told the United Nations it will shut by June 2022 two camps holding over 430,000 refugees who fled from wars in the east and Horn of Africa, adding it planned to repatriate some and give others residency. The interior ministry made the …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Wednesday that between 60,000 and 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Mogadishu following an outbreak of violence on April 25. Cesar Arroyo, the UN acting humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, said those displaced include vulnerable internally displaced persons who …

ADDIS ABABA — Somalia has on Monday officially joined African Risk Capacity, ARC, established to help African governments improve their capacities to respond natural disasters. The agreement has been signed by Somalia’s Humanitarian Affairs & Disaster management Minister Khadija M. Diriye, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ARC is a Specialized Agency …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is bracing for record levels of displacement in 2021 due to severe drought which is ravaging parts of the country, leaving many people without water and livelihoods, a global charity warned Wednesday. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said more than 1 million people were displaced by floods, conflict and …

MOGADISHU — Over 116,000 Somalis have been displaced by extreme water shortages since October 2020, according to a joint statement issued on Sunday by the UN and horn of African country. “Most parts of the country are facing critical water shortages, with more than 50 districts facing moderate to severe drought …