PLATFORMS

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s escalating drought is creating a massive displacement crisis. 245,000 people have already fled their homes, with numbers projected to reach up to 1.4 million as the drought worsens. “Somalia’s drought is dangerously escalating following three failed rainy seasons and some of the lowest rainfall in 40 years,” …

MOGADISHU — Deteriorating drought conditions in Somalia could displace over 1 million people by April if urgent action is not taken, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) latest Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) analysis shows. The widespread drought in the Horn of Africa has severely impacted Somalia the most, prompting the government to …

Las Anod — Las Anod Mayor Abdirahman Ali Ismail announced that 20 new developmental projects will be implemented in Las Anod in this year. The mayor said that they plan to complete these 20 different projects that are important for the community in Las Anod this year. Abdirahman Ali Ismail, …

MOGADISHU —  Many Somali people still remember how, when civil war gripped their own country, an influx of refugees fled to countries like Yemen and Syria, where they stayed several years until Somalia got back on track its current, slow-moving path towards peace. Those who fled to Yemen were not …

MOGADISHU — Diplomatic relations between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been at their lowest point since 2018, when Somalia accused the small Gulf country of interfering in its internal affairs and instigating chaos. In 2018, Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency seized three suitcases at Mogadishu’s international airport …

MOGADISHU  — Somalia’s worst drought in decades has millions of people dependent on food aid and thousands flocking to cities to escape hunger. At makeshift shelters on the outskirts of the capital, displaced people face cramped conditions and poor sanitation in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Somali villagers escaping …

MOGADISHU —  The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) announced Tuesday that a severe drought in Somalia has displaced 245,000 people as conditions worsen in the country. Nearly 90% of the country is now in a severe climate change-related drought, following three consecutive failed rainy seasons. The …

MOGADISHU —  A soup kitchen in the Somali capital run by the Turkish Red Crescent feeds 3,150 people daily and distributes food to many parts of Mogadishu. The Turkish humanitarian organization has been working in the drought-stricken country since 2011 when Somalia was witnessing one of the deadliest famines in …

MOGADISHU — The Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisaid Muse Ali met with Luca Maestripieri in Mogadishu and exchanged views on Italy’s developments strategy towards Somalia. The Minister thanked Italy for its longstanding support of Somalia’s reconstruction and economic development efforts. ”It was a pleasure to meet Mr. Luca Maestripieri, Director …

MOGADISHU — Somalia and the United Nations migration agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), have facilitated the return of 91 citizens after more than two years of confinement in detention centers in Libya. Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisaid Muse Ali, who received the nationals who landed at the …