Relief

MOGADISHU — The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Khadija Mohamed Diriye met with Egyptian Ambassador to Somalia Mohamed Nasir. During the meeting, which took place at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management headquarters, the two sides highlighted the importance of working together in difficult situations that …

HARGEISA  — The breakaway region of Somaliland has announced the suspension of all humanitarian engagements and other activities of the United Nations in Somaliland. A statement from Somaliland’s Ministry of Planning and Development said co-operation between Somaliland and United Nations agencies had been suspended. “The Ministry of Planning is hereby …

JUBBA — The Somalia government has donated humanitarian aid to the people of South Sudan affected by the floods and Rains. The donation was raised by the Somali community in South Sudan as part of relations between the countries. The Somalia ambassador to South Sudan Amb Hussein Haji Ahmed handed …

MOGADISHU — As part of continuous efforts to provide life-saving supplies to the most vulnerable Somalis, at the request of WHO, the European Union (EU) delegation to Somalia commissioned 2 special flights on 17 and 21 September to airlift emergency medical kits and supplies to Hirshabelle State. These supplies will …

MOGADISHU — The UN humanitarian agency on Tuesday called for increased funding to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to millions of Somalis in need. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that slowing down programs due to funding constraints could reverse recent humanitarian and socio-economic gains in …

GAROWE — Somalia’s Puntland state has ordered UN and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) workers to pay tax or their work licenses revoked crackdown on evasion. Puntland Attorney General Mohamed Hared Farah said his office has up to 140 names of people who are working for different NGOs under the UN but …

MOGADISHU — Two UN agencies on Thursday kicked off the distribution of the more than 1,500 metric tons of life-saving food aid for refugees and asylum seekers in Somalia. The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UNHCR said the distribution has already begun in Mogadishu, Galkayo, and Bosasso, and is …

MOGADISHU — Uganda Peoples’Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have received medical support donated by “give to the world”, a US organization, in a symbolic handover function at the Sector one headquarters in Mogadishu. The medical items included medicines like; anthelmintic, antifungal, antiallergy, antibiotics (oral), …

MOGADISHU — The federal government of Somalia announced Wednesday $500,000 to help thousands of victims affected by floods. Flooding has caused mass displacement, shortages of food, and clean water and is worsened by an invasion of desert locusts which have fed on green plants that could be used for food. Somalia …

MOGADISHU — Devastating floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 37,000 people in Somalia resulting in a humanitarian crisis. Somalia’s Ministry of Humanitarian affairs yesterday reported that about 15,400 people have been displaced as heavy rains caused flash floods and riverine flooding in the south-eastern coastal regions of the …