Relief

BURAO (SOHA) –  Close to 150 drought-displaced families in Burao town in northern Somalia’s Togdheer region are facing hunger and lack access to basic services. Local officials said the pastoralist families uprooted from their homes are now camping in Dudub-dilo village, 180km east of Burao town. Mohamed Ahmed Hassan, Dudub-dilo …

The Somali government and humanitarian agencies last week launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). The plan states that $1.08 billion is needed to stave off a humanitarian crisis in Somalia, following continued drought effects and other factors such as protracted conflicts in various parts of the country. Radio Ergo’s …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The humanitarian situation in Somalia continues to be unpredictable and volatile and is among the most complex and long-standing protracted crisis in the world. It is predicted that at least a third (4.2 million) of Somalia’s (12.3 million) people will require humanitarian and protection services in 2019. …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – Qatar Charity (QC) has joined the NGO Alliance in Somalia and participated in the recent coalition meeting held in the capital Mogadishu in the presence of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management of Somalia, Hamza Saeed Hamza, and Minister of Labour, Saleh Ahmed Jamea, the Humanitarian …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somali youth are on the frontline of promoting recovery in the strife-torn Horn of African nation after pursuing higher education in foreign countries, including China. Hundreds of Somali youth have undergone university education in China either through scholarships or through self-sponsorship in recent years. These graduates are …

LONDON (SOHA) – Harriett Baldwin, the British Foreign Office development minister for Africa, has completed a tour of East African nations to announce development and humanitarian aid from the United Kingdom. Baldwin made stops in Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia, including a visit with President Muse Bihi in Somaliland to pledge UK …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – Attacks on aid workers delivering supplies in Somalia resulted in the death of eight staff and injuries of 12 others between January and September, the UN humanitarian agency said in a report on Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said some 90 violent …

DOHA (SOHA) – The partnership between the Qatar Charity Society (QC) and United Nations agencies has witnessed continuous growth, whether in terms of the size of this cooperation or the diversity of its areas or the number of beneficiaries worldwide in the areas of Relief and Development. The QC said in …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The UN humanitarian agency said on Monday humanitarian assistance needs to be sustained in Somalia to support the 5.4 million people who are still in need. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in its latest report, said food security continues to improve as …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somali security forces are searching for five aid workers who were kidnapped by gunmen in the south-west of the country. Reports indicate that the aid workers were abducted on the outskirts of Baidoa, which lies some 250 kilometers southwest of the capital Mogadishu. They were on a …