PLATFORMS

BELEDWEYNE — Hundreds of families in Hiiraan region’s Jalalaqsi district have begun evacuating their homes following the flooding of the Shabelle River in the district’s neighbourhoods on Wednesday, according to residents. Speaking to local media, the administration of Jalalaqsi district has urgently requested immediate assistance, noting that the floodwaters have …

MOGADISHU — The death toll from heavy rains and floods in Somalia has risen to 101 with 1 million people displaced and 1.5 million affected nationwide, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said late Wednesday. In a nationally televised speech, Mohamud said Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis caused by the …

MOGADISHU — Somalia received 25,000 tons of grain as humanitarian aid from Russia, which arrived in a cargo ship at Mogadishu’s sea port on Thursday. The shipment was handed over to the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) at a ceremony attended by Somali Interior Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi and Russian …

LONDON — Save the Children unveiled a distressing analysis Wednesday that indicates extreme weather events in 2022 propelled more than 27 million children into hunger and malnutrition across countries heavily affected by the climate crisis. “The majority of countries where weather extremes were the main driver of hunger last year …

MOGADISHU — The death toll from heavy rains and floods in Somalia has risen to 96, the head of the Somali Disaster Management Agency(SoDMA) said Thursday. Briefing Cabinet ministers in the capital Mogadishu, SoDMA Chief Mohamoud Moalim Abdulle said 2 million people have also been affected. Following the meeting, the government …

MOGADISHU —  A Turkish charity organization on Thursday handed over humanitarian aid to the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) in the capital Mogadishu to help flood victims. The humanitarian assistance from the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) included food packages, mosquito nets, and tents to shelter families displaced by the ongoing …

BELEDWEYNE — The first aid assistance for flood-affected people arrived in Beledweyne town on Tuesday after the Shabelle River burst its banks due to torrential El-Nino rains in the region. The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) stated that it had dispatched a plane carrying seven tons of aid to Beledweyne. …

LONDON — The Global Food Security Summit kicked off in the British capital on Tuesday with the attendance of representatives from more than 20 countries. Focusing on international attention on the deepening global food security crisis, the event, co-hosted by the UK, the UAE, and Somalia, also discusses ways to …

MOGADISHU — Floods caused by heavy rains that started early October in Somalia have killed 50 people and displaced more than half a million others, the country’s national disaster agency said. Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) said the torrential rains have also caused landslides and flash floods in other parts …

MOGADISHU — The death toll from the floods caused by El-Nino rains in several regions of Somalia has reached 50, while over 5,000 houses have been destroyed, officials said on Thursday evening. The Chairman for the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mohamoud Moalin Abdulle, stated that the floods displaced more …