PLATFORMS

GENEVA — The United Nations announced Friday it is scaling back its humanitarian aid goals in Yemen and Somalia in the latest fallout from a drastic drop in funding from member states. It said the cuts are putting millions of lives at risk around the world. In January the UN …

MOGADISHU — More torrential rains have hit Somalia, this time in Banadir, northeast of the capital Mogadishu, killing nine people and triggering deadly flooding 24,000 people being affected, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. “Key infrastructure was destroyed, and shelters in displacement sites were swept away,” said the UN Office for …

MOGADISHU — At least 17 people have been killed and more than 84,000 others displaced by flash floods following torrential rains across Somalia since mid-April, the United Nations relief agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said an assessment conducted by disaster management …

MOGADISHU — Around 25 representatives from Somali Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) recently participated in a key consultative session facilitated by the United Nations Integrated Transition Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) in Mogadishu. The session focused on reviewing and discussing two cornerstone documents for the UN’s development support in Somalia: the UN …

MOGADISHU — A fire broke out Monday evening in the medicine section of Bakara Market, located in the Howlwadaag district of the Banadir region, damaging a commercial building before being controlled by emergency services. According to a statement from Abdiaziz Godax Bare, Director of the Emergency and Fire Department of …

MOGADISHU — The Second Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Jibril Abdirashid, led a joint national and regional task force—appointed by Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre—on an inspection tour of areas affected by the heavy rains that struck Mogadishu from last night into this morning. The …

NAIROBI — Heavier-than-usual rainfall is expected in parts of the Horn of Africa in the coming days, which could lead to flash floods, the Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional bloc, warned on Tuesday. The ICPAC predicted that several parts of …

NAIVASHA, KENYA — In a strategic move to bolster regional preparedness and resilience against natural disasters, Somalia has officially joined a $40 million initiative—WISER Action First – Eastern Africa—aimed at strengthening early warning systems and disaster response capacity across East Africa. The four-year project was launched in Naivasha, Kenya, with …

MOGADISHU — In March, the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) conducted an After Action Review of its La Niña allocation to evaluate its effectiveness in achieving core humanitarian objectives and to gather feedback on the fund’s performance as a financing tool. The SHF allocation supported Health, Nutrition, and Water, Sanitation, and …

MOGADISHU — The World Food Programme (WFP) Somalia extends its sincere gratitude to the European Union’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), and the Logistics Cluster for their critical support in advancing humanitarian operations across the country. These partnerships play a pivotal …