PLATFORMS

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At least 6,000 families have been displaced in Badale in southern Somalia’s Bay region after flash floods caused by torrential rain hit the town. Fadumo Moalim Abdirahman, from Horsed neighborhood, said she spent the whole night of 20 October in her house, submerged in water. Youth from …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Hormuud Telecom has announced a $200,000 donation to the humanitarian relief efforts in Beletweyne where thousands have been displaced within the last week. The telco said in a statement Wednesday it is donating the funds to ‘assist and alleviate the burden from those affected by the floods. ’ …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – UN Special Representative for Somalia Ambassador James Swan said international agencies are ready to assist the flood victims in the Juba and Shabelle River. James Swan said the UN is ready to work with the Federal Government and regional authorities to respond to the flood victims, on …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The UN refugee agency said Tuesday more than 4,800 Somali refugees have so far returned home from Yemen since it started an Assisted Spontaneous Return (ASR) program in 2017. The UNHCR said 37 organized departures have now taken place from Yemen to Somalia since the ASR program …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The United Nations food agency on Tuesday warned against imminent tropical storm heading to northern Somalia, more than a year after tropical cyclone caused massive destruction in the Horn of Africa nation. The forecast by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) managed Somalia …

BELET WEYNE (SoOHA) – 3 more people have died due to flooding as hundreds of people continue to migrate to higher grounds. Heavy rains in the past weeks have seen atlas 9 people killed and several others unaccounted for. On Monday, 6 people reportedly died when their boat capsized. And some …

BELETWEYN (SoOHA) – The first plane carrying aid to flood victims in the central Hiran Region after the Shabelle River burst its banks landed at the Beledweyn airport yesterday 27 October. According to reports, the plane was also carrying members of the floods management committee set up by Prime Minister …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At least 72,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Belet Weyne town and other surrounding villages in central Somalia as Shabelle River levels continue to rise, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it has teamed …

GENEVA (SoOHA) – Climate change is contributing to increasing damage to critical infrastructure around the globe, according to a twelve-year survey of damages caused by small- and medium-scale disasters conducted by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Schools, health facilities and roads are regularly damaged by small-scale weather …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Mogadishu mayor, Omar Mohamud Mohamed has held a meeting with the James Swan, UN envoy in Somalia in which he sought to have the UN play a greater role in rebuilding the city. The mayor said that the city had set in place plans to rebuild the …