PLATFORMS

DOLLOW — Blindness heightens the remaining senses. The thud of a toppling camel is more jarring, the feel of tightening skin more acute, the smell of death thicker after weeks and months and then years without the rain that’s needed to survive. Perhaps, as panic rose with the wind, Mohamed …

NEW YORK — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud discussed with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emergency assistance to cope with the drought in his country. During the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the two parties discussed the …

NEW YORK — Qatar has pledged $12mn in humanitarian aid in the Horn of Africa, noting that millions of people in this region are facing the threat of starvation and enormous challenges caused by the deteriorating conditions due to drought, food insecurity and malnutrition. This came in a speech delivered …

ADDIS ABABA — Ukraine on Thursday announced it will contribute 50,000 tons of wheat for humanitarian aid being provided to Ethiopia and Somalia by the World Food Program. Food security in both Horn of Africa nations has greatly been compromised by drought and raging conflicts. “Ukraine’s role as one of the …

Concern’s team in Somalia has warned that international donors must urgently provide funding to enable humanitarian organizations to scale up their response to prevent the current drought from deteriorating into a famine with the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives. “The waiting game must stop now,” Concern’s regional director …

UNITED NATIONS — The drought situation in Somalia is very critical and some 1 million people, including children, women, and elderly people, are displaced by the drought, Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, Somali president’s special envoy for drought relief, has said. “They don’t have food. They don’t have water. They don’t have …

A humanitarian catastrophe is imminent in Somalia and the Horn of Africa. That’s the joint assessment of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), following months of food security assessments. The number of people in dire need …

 In November 2016, when Abdullahi Ali Farah landed in the Somali port city of Kismayo after 22 years of living as a refugee in northeastern Kenya, he was afraid and hopeful at the same time. “I was excited about the freedom and prospect of finally returning to my motherland but …

BAIDOA — Five Somali ministers have accused the central government of failing to release $9.6 million in relief funds received from the UAE to begin humanitarian operations in the country. As famine is expected in parts of Somalia between October and December this year, ministers from the states of South West, …

MOGADISHU — More than 60 aid agencies on Monday called on donors to help avert famine in Somalia where 7.8 million people are affected by the severe drought which is ravaging parts of the country. The agencies under the Somalia NGO Consortium, a network of relief agencies operating in Somalia, …