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More than 35,000 needy people have benefited from Ramadan projects worth over QR1m which are being implemented by Jassim and Hamad Bin Jassim Charitable Foundation (HBJ Foundation) in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Humanitarian Funds (INSANIA)  in five African countries. The beneficiary countries are Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Zimbabwe …

ANKARA (SOHA) – The head of the Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) Kerem Kinik said the aid agency aimed to reach a total of 10 million people during the Holy month of Ramadan. Speaking to Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview, Kinik said Kizilay delivered aid and was operating in more …

TUNISIA (SOHA) – Tunisia’s Defense Ministry says at least 46 migrants have died after their boat sank off the country’s southern coast and 67 others were rescued by the coast guard on Sunday. The rescue operation was ongoing, the ministry said in a statement. The migrants were of Tunisian and …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The Ugandan government today donated foodstuff to flood-affected families in Golwayn, in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region. The lorry-loads of assorted food consisting of rice, wheat flour, sugar, cooking oil and milk, was delivered through the Ugandan AMISOM contingent. Uganda’s Deputy Ambassador to Somalia, Maj. Gen. Nathan Mugisha flagged …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The World Food Program is calling for stronger international support for hundreds of thousands of Somalis impacted by some of the heaviest rains to hit their country in three decades. The rainfall that began last month has caused widespread flooding and damage in central, south and north …

JOHANNESBURG (SOHA) – A devastated cyclone-hit community in Somaliland is to receive $3-million (R37.5-million) from the UN Assistant Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). The release of the funds follows an unprecedented storm which delivered a full year’s worth of rain in just a few days, compounding damage caused by recent severe …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Following several months of confinement in detention centres in Libya, 150 Somali migrants returned voluntarily to their home country today with transportation organized by the United Nations migration agency. “I cannot find the right words to explain the anguish I went through in Libya. It was a difficult …

BORAMA (SOHA) – The UN has announced $2.7 million pledge to aid communities affected by Cylone Sagar which has killed dozens and displaced thousands others in Somaliland. Speaking after visiting Borama in Awdal region, UN Humanitarian Resident Coordinator Peter de Clercq said the funds would be instrumental in rebuilding livelihoods …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – At least 21 people have been killed and thousand others affected by floods and storm due to heavy rains pounding parts of the Horn of Africa nation, the UN relief agency said on Friday night. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said floods and …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The East Africa bloc’s weather prediction center has issued a warning of an active tropical cyclone named Mekuku threatening the coast of Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland. The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)’s Center for Climate Prediction and Application Center (ICPAC) said on Friday that its closely …