BELED WEYNE (SOHA) – Dahabshiil Group, one of the leading money transfer companies in Africa, has announced that it will be distributing food aid to flood victims outside BeledWeyne. Speaking to the BBC Somali Service, Abdirashid Duale, the CEO of Dahabshiil group said that they plan to hand out food …
Read More »European Union pledges to help flood victims in Beledweyne
BRUSSELS (SOHA) – The European Union has pledged to launch humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands of people who have been affected by recent floods in Beledweyne town, about 335 km north of Mogadishu. In talks between Somali prime minister, Hassan Ali Khaire and Head of European for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis …
Read More »Gunmen kidnap German nurse in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a German nurse from the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday night, police and the ICRC said. While abductions and killings of Somali aid workers are common in the Horn of Africa Country, the targeting of foreign …
Read More »Somalia donates $1 Million for the floods affected people
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E Mahdi Mohamed Guled announced that Federal government of Somalia donated one Million dollars to the people affected by the river floods across the country such as Beledweyne Town, SONNA reported. Deputy prime minister demanded the Somali …
Read More »Statement on the killing of a WHO team member in Somalia
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed and condemns in the strongest terms the killing of Mariam Abdullahi Mohamed, a dedicated frontline worker in the WHO Somalia team, who was shot in Mogadishu on 1 May 2018. All WHO staff and the wider humanitarian community in Somalia …
Read More »Farmajo appeals for international aid to help flood victims
BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – On a visit to assess the impact of flooding in Somalia’s central state of HirShabelle, the country’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo today appealed to the international community and Somali diaspora communities to support efforts to help those affected by the floods, which include more than 150,000 people …
Read More »Eng. Yarisow appeals for urgent assistance to flood victims
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The Governor of Benadir & the mayor of Mogadishu, Hon. Abdirahman Omar Osman (Eng. Yarisow) who chaired urgent meeting to discuss the impact of flooding in Beledweyne has announced formation of special committee to spearhead the assistance of those affected. Engineer Yarisow said his Benadir regional administration …
Read More »AMISOM joins efforts to help flood victims in Beledweyne
BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – The peacekeepers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have joined the efforts to assist victims of massive flooding in the country. The Djibouti and Ethiopian peacekeepers and the Somali National Army (SNA) were helping in delivering food and relocating hundreds of people to safer …
Read More »Somali PM calls for int. support as floods displace thousands
MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire has appealed to the international community for humanitarian support to help avert a humanitarian crisis as floods uproot hundreds of thousands. Khaire said the situation was fast escalating as aid agencies warned that close to half a million people had been …
Read More »Waare says 150,000 people fled from floods in Beledweyne
BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – The humanitarian situation of people affected by heavy rain and river floods in Beledweyne town is detoriating day after day while the number of displaced people increased according to Hirshabelle State President, Mohamed Abdi Waare. ” The floods displaced over 150,000 people and the number is creasing …
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