PLATFORMS

GARISSA — Nearly 20,000 Kenyans who were registered as refugees have sued the government seeking to be removed from the database and issued national identity cards. The 14,762 people from Garissa County and 4,952 from Wajir were listed as refugees as children or were put in the database in order …

MOGADISHU —  The Director General of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Adv. Hersi Haji Olosow, received today in his office at the Ministry the credentials of the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Somalia, Mr. Magatte Guisse. During the meeting, …

ADDIS ABABA —  Some 3,720 refugees presently residing in Ethiopia have received COVID-19 jabs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. “Some 3,720 refugees, who meet the government’s prioritization criteria, were vaccinated against COVID-19,” the UN refugee agency said in its latest situation update issued on Tuesday. …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations relief agency said Wednesday the current funding to respond to humanitarian needs in Somalia is the worst in six years. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said at mid-year, humanitarian agencies can barely meet the basic needs of nearly half of …

Somalia, like many countries, is affected by frequent climate-related hazards such as floods, droughts and tropical storms. Flood frequency has increased in Somalia over the past 20 years, resulting in the disruption of people’s livelihoods and the economy at large. Climate change – compounded with other factors such as low ability to adapt, a rapidly …

KAMPALA — At least 10 Somali refugees have died from starvation and COVID-19 in the last two weeks because they could not get help from Uganda’s government or their fellow nationals due to a lockdown, a community group said Monday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Khalis Muhammad, vice chairman of the …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said it has scaled up intensive aerial control operations against numerous immature swarms in northwest Somalia. In its latest update released on Thursday evening, the UN food agency said there was no locust seen during surveys in the …

MOGADISHU — Twelve soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Wednesday completed a training on aircraft rescue and firefighting, to enhance their ability to respond to aviation emergency situations at the airport.  The eight weeks training conducted in Mogadishu, was facilitated by the United Nations Support …

MOGADISHU — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has received seven tons of relief assistance from the Italian Contingent of the European Union Training Mission in Somalia, EUTM-S, the US Army Civil Affairs Team. The food will be distributed to vulnerable families and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Lower Shabelle region. The EUTM-S Force Commander, …

Thousands of Somalis who fled persecution and civil war in the Horn of Africa country have benefitted from resettlement programmes in third countries like the US. Muhidin Libah is one of them. He told UN News how he set up the Somali Bantu Community Association in Lewiston, Maine, to both …