PLATFORMS

NAIROBI — Kenya on Wednesday ordered the closure of two sprawling camps that host hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Somalia and gave the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) two weeks to present a plan to do so, the interior ministry said. The Dadaab and the Kakuma refugee camps in …

BAIDOA — The UN migration agency said Tuesday it has relocated nearly 7,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were facing eviction from their homes in Somalia. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the IDPs were relocated on Sunday to Barwaaqo, a new site for IDPs, in the South West …

HARGEISA —At least 49 people were injured late Sunday when a fire broke out at an Islamic learning center in Hargeisa, the capital of Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland. The wounded include 40 women and eight men as well as a firefighter, the Somaliland Fire Brigade said in a statement. “Hundreds of …

MOGADISHU — The government of Somalia and the United Nations are seeking more than a billion dollars to address a climate-related crisis in the Horn of African nation as locusts continue to cause devastation in most regions of the country. As CGTN’s Abdulaziz Billow reports, swarms of desert locusts have …

MOGADISHU — The UN office for humanitarian affairs Thursday said about 1.3 million people were displaced in Somalia in 2020. “Out of a total of 2.9 million IDPs [Internally Displaced Persons] in the country, 1.6 million are most vulnerable and will require humanitarian assistance in 2021,” the United Nations Office for …

MOGADISHU — The Government of Somalia and its international partners seek $1.09 billion to provide life-saving assistance to four million vulnerable people affected by a worsening humanitarian situation around the country. “We are launching the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan today, in what is a critical time for Somalia,” the Humanitarian Coordinator for …

MOGADISHU — Growing insecurity in Somalia poses grave threats to humanitarian operations in the country, a UN body said on Thursday. There were 255 incidents against humanitarian agencies recorded in 2020, a rise of 59%, in which 15 aid workers were killed, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs …

MOGADISHU — Somalia announced a state of emergency Wednesday over a new generation of desert locust swarms that has rocked the East African region. The “Agriculture Ministry of the Federal Republic of Somalia declares state of emergency over locust invasion in Somalia, particularly southern regions,” state-run broadcaster Somali National Television (SNTV) …

MOGADISHU —  The EU on Tuesday launched three new projects worth €11.8 million ($14.3 million) to support the private sector in Somalia. The projects will significantly step up the EU’s engagement in Somalia as the new partnership will enable financial institutions to successfully provide relevant financing to local small- and …

MOGADISHU — A Turkish delegation, including representatives from NGOs and lawyers, met here Friday with Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and other top government officials. The Turkish delegation, headed by Zeki Ariturk said, “We would like to convey our experiences in every aspect, especially in justice and investment, for the …