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DJABOUTI — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD has appointed former Somali federal Planning Minister Amb. Gamal Mohamed Hassan as the head of the IGAD Centre for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Protection (CAEP) in Somalia. IGAD established the research center last December in Mogadishu to combat climate change. Former Somali …

Food concerns deepen as 345m face acute shortages in UN famine warning Millions of people struggling for food every day are seeing their hopes dimmed by soaring grain prices and tight supplies amid the impact of climate change and Western sanctions on Russia. Wheat prices are likely to change unevenly …

TUNISIA — The Minister of Planning Mohamud alias Beene-beene held a meeting with the Vice President of the Japan Development Agency (JICA) Nakamura Toshiyuki in Tunisia. They discussed issues related to a cooperation between the two countries, and JICA’s support in Somalia, including scholarships for Somali youth at Japan universities. …

BAIDOA — Somalia, the most climate change-affected country in the Horn of Africa, is facing a catastrophic drought that has already claimed hundreds of lives. Baidoa, the capital of Southwest State, hosts thousands of new arrivals from rural areas after the drought devastated their farms and livestock, some of them walking …

RIYADH — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) will launch early next week the second phase of the emergency intervention which will contribute to reducing the repercussions of drought and famine facing Somalia and impacting its citizens, after the end of the first relief phase. This was announced …

MOGADISHU — Somali government dispatched four planes carrying food aid to the Beledweyne and Bulaburte districts in Hiiraan region on Tuesday. Chairman of Somalia’s Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mohamud Moalim Abdullahi, Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office, Mohamed Abukar Zubeyr and other officials who coordinated the aid did not …

MOGADISHU — Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched an emergency response to drought in Somalia, with a set of food, health, water and sanitation assistance for the benefit of 25,423 internally displaced persons (IPDs) at the camps of Dolow district, Gedo region, Jubaland, as well as 162,000 heads of …

NEW YORK/GENEVA — United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths has released 10 million U.S. dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to ramp up emergency aid to Somalia, following its worst drought in 40 years. Catastrophic levels of food insecurity have been declared for the first time since 2017, …

MOGADISHU — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, on Wednesday appealed for aid to go towards people affected by drought in the country. Barre issued a televised appeal, calling on both local and international individuals and organizations to held the country protect those affected by the devastating drought, which the …

MOGADISHU — The number of people affected by the severe drought ravaging several parts of Somalia has risen to 7.8 million as of August, the United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said in its latest report on drought released Thursday …