Relief

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s PM chaired a special cabinet meeting on Wednesday to appoint a national drought committee to coordinate famine relief efforts in Somalia. The PM reactivated the National Disaster Management Agency and appointed a committee of cabinet ministers, business leaders, civil society groups and scholars working alongside government and …

JEDDAH — His Excellency the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, received today, August 14, 2022, at his office at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah, His Excellency Abdul Rahman Abdul Shakour, the Special Envoy of the Somali President for Humanitarian Affairs and …

MOGADISHU — An Emirati aid ship carrying more than 1,000 tonnes of various food and relief supplies has arrived at Mogadishu port in Somalia to meet the needs of approximately 2.5 million people affected by drought. This initiative comes as part of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin …

MOGADISHU — The European Union is committing an additional €450,000 of humanitarian funding to support the fight against life-threatening measles outbreaks in Somalia. With measles cases on the rise in 2021-2022, this funding will support the EU-funded CAAFIMAD consortium led by Action Against Hunger (ACF) in contributing to the reduction …

ADDIS ABABA — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday warned that the ongoing drought condition in the Horn of Africa (HOA) will worsen over July-September dry period. “Over the July-September dry period, the drought condition will worsen given the inadequate recovery during the March-May rainfall season and …

MINNEAPOLIS — Community and religious groups in Minnesota are calling on the broader community to step up for Somalia’s drought relief with a fundraising drive on Saturday at this year’s Super-Eid’ event held at the US Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis. As many as 50,000 Muslim-Americans are expected to attend …

ANKARA —  Turkish President Recep Erdogan met on Wednesday with his visiting Somalian counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in the capital Ankara to discuss regional security and humanitarian aid to the African country. In a joint press conference after their meeting, the Turkish president stressed the importance of Somalia’s stability and …

NAIROBI — Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a regional bloc that includes Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, met Tuesday in Nairobi to discuss humanitarian, political, and security issues in the region. The humanitarian situation that has made more than 23 million people in …

KISMAYO — The special envoy of the Somali president for Humanitarian Affairs and Drought, Abdul Rahman Abdul Shakour, accompanied by Qatar’s ambassador to Somalia, Hassan bin Hamza Hashem, officials from Qatar Charity (QC) and members of the National Committee of Somalia visited Bartiri – Jubbaland State – which is one …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development Amb. Gamal Mohamed Hassan accompanied by the Director General of the Ministry Asad Yussuf Qanyare on Monday received the representative of UNICEF for Somalia, Ms. Wafaa ElFadil Saeed Abdelatef. The UNICEF envoy had paid courtesy call on the Minister at his …