PLATFORMS

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 …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government has on Tuesday begun distributing an aid shipment from received from the UAE to assist with the country’s current drought. Somali Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Khadija Mohamed Diriye said the government has started to distribute the aid to Garbaharey, Beledweyne and Hudur which are one …

MOGADISHU — United Arab Emirates has delivered 26 tons of Humanitarian Aid to Somalia today on Friday, as part of the drought relief program, SONNA reported. The aid packages contained nutritious food and medical aid. Minister of Humanitarian affairs and Disaster Management and chairlady of the National Drought Relief Committee, …

MOGADISHU —  The Drought Relief Committee (DRC) appointed by the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, has begun distributing the Government’s drought relief allocation. The committee, chaired by Somalia’s Minister of Relief and Disaster Management Khadijo Mohamed Diriye, handing over financial aid to drought-affected people …