MOGADISHU — The UK announces new funding to support Somalia’s most vulnerable communities, including building their resilience to climate shocks, taking the total for the past year to over $106m. The British Embassy Mogadishu today announced over $40 million in new humanitarian and health aid to support Somalia’s most vulnerable …
Read More »SoDMA delivers humanitarian aid to displaced families in Middle Shabelle region
MOGADISHU — In a significant humanitarian effort, a convoy of nine trucks carrying much-needed aid has successfully arrived in Rage Elle, located in the Middle Shabelle region. The aid, dispatched by the Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) from Mogadishu on Thursday, is designed to provide urgent support to communities that …
Read More »Aid workers face uncertain future as funds dry up
MOGADISHU — Over 500 Aid workers, including senior staff, mid-level employees, junior staff, drivers, and various professionals, have been laid off since December of last year after the organizations they worked for ran out of funds to pay their salaries due to halted projects. Some offices of these organizations in …
Read More »UN emergency aid fund releases $110M for neglected humanitarian crises
GENEVA — The UN on Thursday announced the allocation of $110 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support life-saving humanitarian aid in 10 of the world’s most underfunded crises across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. With over 300 million people in urgent need of assistance, global humanitarian …
Read More »WFP appeals for nearly $300 mln to meet humanitarian needs in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said it has a funding gap of 297 million U.S. dollars to meet humanitarian needs in Somalia for the next six months. Without additional funding, the WFP’s critical operations in Somalia will face pipeline breaks by mid-year, it warned in a …
Read More »KSrelief distributes 1,200 food baskets in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed 1,200 food baskets in the Banaadir Region of Somalia. The initiative benefited 7,200 individuals as part of the Food Security Support Project in Somalia. The effort is part of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing humanitarian initiatives, carried out by KSrelief, …
Read More »Somali government delivers emergency aid to displaced families in Middle Shabelle
MOGADISHU — Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has dispatched eleven trucks carrying emergency food supplies and medical aid to Nuur-Dugle and Aqab-Duco areas in Hirshabelle State to support residents affected by ongoing counterterrorism operations. Sahra Ali Yusuf, director of SoDMA’s relief department, told local media on Monday that the aid …
Read More »USAID faces accusations of funding militant groups
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. lawmakers are accusing the U.S. Agency for International Development of providing financial support to Al-Shabaab, Hamas, and the Taliban, alleging that taxpayer money is being funneled to terrorist organizations in Somalia, Palestine, and Afghanistan. Reps. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., claimed during a press …
Read More »Somali disaster authority receives food aid from UAE
MOGADISHU — In a significant humanitarian gesture, Mohamud Moallim Abdulle, the head of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), recently received food aid from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Somalia, Ahmed Juma Al-Rumaithi. The aid is intended to support 600 vulnerable families in Mogadishu, providing much-needed relief to …
Read More »SoDMA dispatches humanitarian aid to Middle Shabelle region
MOGADISHU — The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has dispatched 11 trucks of critical humanitarian aid to the regions of El- Ali Axmed and Al-Kowsar in the Middle Shabelle region, which recently endured a devastating terrorist attack. The convoy, which left Mogadishu late last night, is set to benefit approximately …
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