Relief

DUBAI —  The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) distributed 4,000 winter bags in camps for displaced people in Somalia, benefiting 24,000 people. In cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the initiative aims to provide clothing, shelter bags, tents, and necessary supplies to underprivileged people in …

MOGADISHU — The World Bank approved $50 million in additional financing through an International Development Association (IDA) Crisis Response Window (CRW) grant for the Somalia Urban Resilience Project Phase II (SURP-II). This will provide critical resources to scale-up the project’s ongoing support to a total of $70 million for drought-induced internally displaced …

MOGADISHU —  UN Somalia has trained more than 400 journalists on Climate Change and Humanitarian Crisis (CC & HC) reporting. The training, which comes on the backdrop of the worst drought in 40 years, was organised by the Office of the Special Envoy on the Humanitarian Crisis and Drought. “As …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Tuesday warned of a dire humanitarian situation in Somalia with famine fast approaching. The FAO said there is still time to turn the tide by addressing the immediate needs of rural communities, which are amongst those at …

MOGADISHU — A high-level delegation from the African Union wrapped up its five-day assessment mission in Somalia on Tuesday with a commitment to scale up interventions in the current humanitarian situation in the country. The AU Permanent Representative Sub-Committee (AUPRC) on Refugees, Returnees, and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) called for …

DUBAI — Abdul Rahman Abdul Shakour, Somalia’s special envoy for the President for Humanitarian Affairs and Drought, praised the UAE on Wednesday for its relief efforts in the drought-stricken country. “The UAE is a pioneer in providing the necessary support to Somalia in this crisis, as it was the first …

GENEVA — The Special envoy of drought relief for Somalia, Abdirahman Abdishakur has met with American officials in Switzerland that have attended the 113th session of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Council. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for the humanitarian affairs of the US foreign affairs ministry, Elizabeth H. Campbell, …

MOGADISHU — Over 30 Somali Journalists and some selected Editors have begun a three-day training on Humanitarian and Climate Change Reporting in Mogadishu today. Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) organized the Media Training. The training aims to equip the Journalists and the Editors with skills and knowledge on how …

DUBAI — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) distributed 140 tons of food baskets in Somalia on Monday. The aid benefited 12,000 in-need, displaced and drought-affected people in the African nation, wrote state agency SPA. The philanthropic organization also distributed 570 winter bags in Pakistan, benefiting …

DUBAI  — The International Humanitarian City (IHC) promptly responded to and supported the World Health Organisation (WHO) with the dispatch and transport of much-needed aid to Mogadishu, Somalia, following a deadly car bombing that claimed the lives of more than 120 people and injured at least 300 others. A consignment …