PLATFORMS

MOGADISHU — Floods caused by the annual rains have left “a trail of destruction“ across Somalia, a United Nations spokesman said, citing inundated homes and farmland as well as the shutdown of health facilities. “According to early estimates by our partners, more than 460,000 people have been impacted, including nearly …

BELEDWEYNE — Around 200,000 people have been displaced due to flash flooding in central Somalia, a regional official told AFP Saturday, as the Shabelle River burst its banks and submerged roads. Inhabitants of Beledweyne town in the Hiiraan region were forced out of their homes as heavy rainfall caused water …

MIRQAAN, Ethiopia — Hinda Mahdi and her children flinch as the bus door slams shut behind them. They are the last family to board for the ride to Mirqaan, a new settlement in Ethiopia’s Somali region, allocated to house Somali refugees fleeing violence back home. The slamming door momentarily takes …

MOGADISHU — The Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Salah Jama, today launched the Development Coordination Forum, which brings together Somalia’s government and development partners. The Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Planning, Finance, and Economic Development, discussed a new partnership that will unite the Somali government …

MOGADISHU — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has urgently appealed for funding to assist migrants facing life-threatening risks in Somalia. Funding to assist migrants in the country has fallen drastically over the years, while the needs of the migrant population continue to increase due to climatic shocks, conflicts, and …

NAIROBI — The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Wednesday that it has appealed for $759 million to provide life-saving support to 16.6 million people, including 12.2 million children, in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia in 2023. Of that, $137.5 million is needed for Kenya. An additional $690 million is required …

NAIROBI/NEW YORK — UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell travelled to eastern Kenya yesterday to meet families and refugees struggling to recover from the worst climate-induced drought to hit the region in 40 years. After five poor or failed rainy seasons in the last three years in the Horn of Africa, many …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government has launched its first national population and housing census in decades, which is expected to take two years. “We will be counting those who live in the Somali territory and the houses they live in,” Dr. Abdi Ali Ige, head of the Somali Population and …

MOGADISHU — The drought affecting millions of people in the Horn of Africa(HoA) has been made worse by human-induced climate change, a new study said on Thursday. The study published by World Weather Attribution, an academic collaboration studying extreme meteorological events, found that the southern part of the Horn of Africa, …

MOGADISHU —  Somali journalists launched a new network of environmental journalists in Somalia on Monday, intending to increase reporting on environmental challenges and opportunities in the country. Environmental Journalists for Somalia (EJS) aims to bring together media professionals to enhance media focus on environmental issues in the country, which suffers …