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MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Monday it urgently requires additional funding to ramp up humanitarian response in Somalia, which is facing a devastating drought in 40 years. The FAO said while humanitarian assistance has prevented worse outcomes and staved off famine in …

MOGADISHU — Somalia on Sunday said the federal government and the Somali people donated over $4.8 million to earthquake victims in Türkiye. Speaking in the capital Mogadishu, Somali Interior Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi announced the donation and thanked the Somali business community, women associations and others for the contribution. “The fundraising …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations relief official in Somalia on Friday appealed for unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need as clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia intensifies. Magatte Guisse, the humanitarian coordinator for Somalia ad interim, said at least 80 people …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has appealed for additional funding to sustain humanitarian response beyond March in Somalia, which is ravaged by devastating drought. Magatte Guisse, humanitarian coordinator for Somalia ad interim, said available funding levels can only sustain current level of humanitarian response interventions …

DOHA — The Qatari Environment and Climate Change Minister HE Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Nasser bin Ahmed Al-Thani met today with HE Minister of Environment and Climate Change of the Federal Republic of Somalia Khadija Mohamed Almakhzoumi and her accompanying delegation, who is visiting the country. The meeting discussed ways …

RIYADH — Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, yesterday on the sidelines of the third Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum, met with Somali President’s Special Envoy for Drought and Humanitarian Affairs Abdirahman Abdishakur. During …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Somalia have launched an ambitious solar minigrids program to increase access to electricity in the country. UNDP Resident Representative in Somalia Jocelyn Mason said in a joint statement released Monday evening in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, that 65 percent of …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian partners in Somalia and its government on Wednesday sought $2.6 billion to assist millions of people in the drought-hit Horn of Africa country. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) estimated that 8.25 million people — nearly half of Somalia’s population need …

MOGADISHU — More than 8.3 million people require humanitarian assistance in Somalia where significant segments of the population are on the brink of famine, the United Nations relief agency said Wednesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that in the absence of adequate funding and …

MOGADISHU — The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Xamse Cabdi Barre, today received a delegation from the World Bank led by the Vice President for East and Southern Africa, Victoria Kwakwa, at his office. The two discussed the development projects implemented by the World Bank and how …