Relief

HARGEISA — Somaliland has received tonnes of medical supplies form the United Arab Emirates to help in the fight against the deadly COVID 19 virus. The medical supplies arrived in the Somaliland capital Hargeisa on Wednesday morning aboard a flight from the middle east nation. Somaliland envoy to Kenya Bashe …

MOGADISHU — The U.S has announced a $7 million humanitarian assistance to Somalia to combat the spread and effects of the deadly COVID-19 disease. The U.S embassy in Somalia said in a statement Wednesday the U.S government was extending the support to Somalia and other African countries as part of its …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government has suspended local flights in the country till further notice on Saturday. The move is aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus from the capital to the countryside. A statement from the ministry of transport and civil aviation noted the airline operators that the ban …

MOGADISHU — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 750 food baskets for the flood-affected people in Somalia, benefiting 4,500 people. This comes within the framework of the humanitarian and relief projects being provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by KSrelief, to the people of …

MOGADISHU(SoOHA) – The northern breakaway region of Somaliland has dispatched a humanitarian delegation to Mogadishu on Saturday after the worst floods forced thousands to flee their houses. The delegation is on a mission to deliver financial assistance to citizens affected by the recent flooding in the city of BeletWeyne. Minister for …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – The Puntland emergency response committee has started meetings in Garowe, the headquarters of the Nugal region on Tuesday. The successive meeting discussed how to respond to floods affecting thousands of people in the regional state, according to the officials who spoke to Radio Shabelle via phone. The Minister of …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The Federal Government of Somalia and the humanitarian community have launched a Flood Response Plan to seek immediate support for hundreds of thousands of people affected by flooding across the country. The plan calls for US$72.5 million to implement life-saving activities from November 2019 to January 2020. …

BELEDWEYNE (SoOHA) – The Head of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Ambassador Francisco Madeira visited Beledweyne in Somalia on Saturday where he said that the African Union Commission will soon provide relief support amounting to US$87,000 in the form of medical supplies and non-food items. Beledweyne was devastated by …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) –  Turkey on Saturday donated humanitarian aid to thousands of Somali people displaced by floods in recent months. The life-saving assistance was delivered by the state-run Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency. In a statement, the Turkish Embassy in Somalia said: “Turkey has delivered humanitarian relief supplies to the flood-affected …

Abdullahi Nur Osman, the president of the Hormuud Telecom Foundation, recently visited Beledweyne and other flood-affected southern Somali towns to see how local relief efforts were going.  Local businesses, including Hormuud, and local communities have raised huge amounts of cash and gathered food commodities for the flood victims.  However, there …