PLATFORMS

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – A combined $18.7 million has been released from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to scale up life-saving assistance to just over half a million people affected by floods in Somalia. “These funds come at a critical time, enabling humanitarian …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Officials from Turkey and Somalia met on Friday in Mogadishu to discuss crucial issues concerning the two countries. Somalia’s Energy and Water Resources Minister Fawzia Mohamed Sheikh received Turkey’s Ambassador to Mogadishu Mehmet Yilmaz in her office in the capital. Topping the meeting agenda was the floods …

NAIROBI ( SoOHA) – Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called upon the Somali business community in neighboring Kenya to play their part in the efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to citizens affected by the flooding in the country. More than 200, 000 people were affected by the flash floods in …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new US$10 million climate adaptation project to help rural communities secure access to diminishing water supplies. More than 360,000 farmers and pastoralists are set to benefit from sustainable water management, expanded drought, and flood early-warning systems and …

BELEDWEYNE (SoOHA) – Turkish and Qatari ambassadors arrived at the floods ravaged town of Beletweyne on Saturday where they pledged support to alleviate suffering as the floods continue to push many out of their homes. Ambassador Hassan Bin Hamza Hashem (Qatar) and his Turkish counter Mehmet Yilmaz arrived at the town …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Hormuud Telecom has offered Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) responding to the recent floods in Beledweyne, Baidoa and Jowhar districts and Gedo region of Southern Somalia, commission-free bulk cash transfers to vulnerable Somalis. This will allow the Somali Cash Consortium and other NGOs to provide Cash Assistance to more …

BERDALE (SoOHA) — The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Ali Khayre, today visited Berdale district in the Bay region to look at the situation of people affected by floods and how best to respond. Mr. Hassan Ali Khayre, who attended the flood victims’ families, told his …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The Somali government commended the assistance provided by the State of Qatar to those affected by floods that hit large parts of the country, following the generous directives of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to launch an airlift for flood relief in the Federal …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – UN agencies are scaling up disaster relief efforts to help Somalis who are being affected by severe flooding in many regions across the country. Floods have killed at least 17 people and displaced more than 370,000 in Somalia, destroying farmland and infrastructure in the Horn of Africa …

BELEDWEYNE (SoOHA) — As flood rescue and recovery efforts continue in Somalia, the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) fears the floods could trigger deadly outbreaks of malaria, diarrhea, and other infectious diseases. “These floods have already cost lives and our concern is that another fatal disaster is on its way,” …