NAIROBI — About 67.4 million people in the Horn of Africa (HoA) are food insecure, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, said in a joint report released Friday. This is a rise from 64.8 million …
Read More »Inter-clan conflict erupts on Hiiran-Mid Shabelle border
MOGADISHU — Several people have reportedly been killed and injured in a violent clash between two clan militias from the Hawadle and Abgaal clans along the border of HIiran and Middle Shabelle regions in Hirshabelle State. The confrontation erupted Saturday morning in Calaag, a rural area located on the border …
Read More »Deadly clan clashes erupts in Mudug region
MOGADISHU — At least two people have died and several others were injured in a clan conflict that erupted in Harfo district in the Mudug region. This tension, rooted in a land dispute and wells, has severely affected the area, with an important town well being burned yesterday, according to …
Read More »Conflict, flooding and now coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 increase across Africa, and the World Health Organization warns the pandemic is accelerating, we fear the novel coronavirus is spreading within and from densely populated urban areas on the continent. Rising cases in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu are especially worrying, which is already …
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