Relief

GURIEL — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed yesterday relief assistance to the people affected by the floods that hit Guriceel in Galmudug state, Somalia. In coordination with Misbah Association for Development, 400 food baskets weighing 36 tons have been distributed, benefiting 2,400 individuals. Officials of Guriceel …

ANKARA — The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency [TICA] has sent humanitarian and medical aid to Djibouti and Somalia, as part of its support for the two countries to tackle the Coronavirus. In Djibouti, Kotlu Khan Yugel, Tikka coordinator, said the aid had been delivered to the Djibouti Red Crescent. …

MOGADISHU — Turkey’s state-run aid agency has helped 500 families who had to leave their homes behind in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu to live in camps in the Garasbaaley region to the west. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) distributed food packages including rice, flour, pasta, sugar, and oil to …

MOGADISHU — Somali militant group Al-Shabaab freed an Italian aid worker who was abducted in Kenya’s coastal town of Malindi in November 2018, police confirmed on Saturday. James Mugera, Kilifi county police commander, confirmed that Sylvia Romano, an Italian volunteer, who was seized from her hotel room on the evening …

QARDHO — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), in cooperation with the Al-Musbah Society for Development, concluded Thursday the project of distributing 3,000 food baskets, weighing 270 tons, for people affected by flash floods in Qardho district, Somalia benefiting 18,000 individuals. This comes in the frame of …

QARDHO — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), in cooperation with the Al-Misbah Association for Development, continued yesterday to distribute relief assistance to those affected by torrential rains and floods that swept through Qardho Region, Puntland. The aid consisted of 1,000 food baskets, benefiting 6,000 individuals. The President …

ANKARA — A Turkish plane carrying medical aid landed early Monday in the Somalian capital to help the country combat the novel coronavirus outbreak. “We delivered medical aid supplies to Somalia upon the directives of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the aim of combating the COVID-19 outbreak. A Turkish Armed Forces aircraft …

DOHA — Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has directed sending medical aid to the sisterly Federal Republic of Somalia, in support of the efforts of the brothers in Somalia to combat the pandemic of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). Somalia’s Health Ministry on Sunday confirmed 51 additional cases …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has launched a portal to publicize information on how donor money is utilized in a bid to raise the transparency in the eyes of the public and the international community. Managed by the Ministry of Planning, Investment, and Economic Development, the platform known as Aid Information Management …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 got a boost Monday following a donation of hospital beds and accessories by the U.S. government. The U.S embassy in Mogadishu handed over 350 beds and 500 bedsheets to the Ministry of Health Monday to support the government’s efforts in ‘preventing and controlling …