PLATFORMS

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said on Monday it has stepped up assistance to people affected by the recent floods in Somalia after the death of about 30 people. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that a credible risk of famine persists among …

ADDIS ABABA — Drought conditions in the Horn of Africa region have displaced around 2.7 million people, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said Sunday. In a regional situation update report, the WFP said that 1.7 million people in Somalia, 516,000 people in Ethiopia and 466,000 people in Kenya …

ADDIS ABABA — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it has faced a “critical” funding shortfall to address the humanitarian needs of refugees in Ethiopia. The UN refugee agency said in its latest situation update issued late Friday that its operation in Ethiopia has received 64 million …

HARGEISA — A delegation of traditional elders from Mogadishu, who had been in Hargeisa for three months to mediate between the Somaliland government and the traditional elders of the SCC-Khatumo faction, returned to Mogadishu on Saturday. During their time in Somaliland, the elders refrained from speaking to the media. They …

MOGADISHU — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has committed 10 million U.S. dollars to tackling the triple challenges of desertification, climate change, and biodiversity losses. The commitment will be part of the country’s allocation from the adaptation fund in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Mohamud said while …

JOWHAR — Doctors from the Burundi contingent serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have provided free medical care to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Towfik in Jowhar town. Speaking during the medical exercise, held last week, Maj. (Dr.) Severin Irambona, the Sector 5 Medical Officer, said …

UNITED NATIONS — The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF), a multi-donor country-based pooled mechanism established to allocate funding for the most urgent interventions in Somalia, has allocated $25 million to provide life-saving assistance to drought-affected communities, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday. Additionally, the …

ADDIS ABABA — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday called for urgent donor support to strengthen resilience and prepare for further floods expected later this year due to the El Nino weather phenomenon. In its latest Horn of Africa (HoA) drought response situation report issued Wednesday, the IOM …

NAIROBI — A humanitarian group has raised alarm over rising malnutrition in refugee camps in northern Kenya. The International Rescue Committee said Thursday that children have been particularly affected as food rations fall due to decreased funding. The group said the number of patients admitted to camp hospitals for malnutrition …

ADDIS ABABA — Climate, armed conflict, high food prices and post-COVID-19 economic fall-out have caused record food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, with an estimated 60 million people urgently in need of help, UN humanitarian agencies have warned. “About five million children under the age of five are estimated …