Relief

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s ministry for information of the federal government released a statement concerning 8 health workers massacred in Galooley village under Bal’ad district on Thursday. According to the statement, the government directed the investigation team about the abduction and murder of health personnel in the Middle Shabelle region. “The …

MOGADISHU — Seven health workers and a civilian were killed in a village north of the Somali capital after being abducted by masked men in military uniforms on Wednesday, a director of a local aid group said on Thursday. “Armed masked men kidnapped seven of our health workers and a …

MOGADISHU –  A SalaamAir chartered plane ferrying humanitarian aid was nearly downed in the southern Somalia town of Qansah-Dhere in Bay region on Monday after it was shot with DSHK machine gun, local security and witnesses told SomaliUpdate News. The plane which ferried medicines and medical equipment was on its …

BELEDWEYNE —  HirShabelle state president Mohamed Abdi Waare has presided over a key regional cabinet meeting held in Beledweyne city. The meeting focused on the current humanitarian situation in the Hiran region and ongoing efforts to mitigate the flood crisis in Beledweyne resulted from the heavy Gu’ rainfall. HirShabelle state …

BRUSSELS — The European Union has announced €105.5 million in aid to Horn of Africa nations facing not just the coronavirus pandemic but also ongoing conflict, severe flooding, and a months-long locust infestation that has destroyed crops and threatened food security. Somalia and Ethiopia will share €90 million nearly equally, …

DOHA — Qatar, represented by the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), in cooperation with the Amiri Air Force fleet, on Saturday sent a shipment of urgent medical aid to the sisterly Federal Republic of Somalia, within the framework of supporting the efforts of brethren in Somalia to confront and contain …

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 …