MOGADISHU — Tropical cyclone Gati which made landfall in Somalia on Sunday evening, killing eight people and caused destruction, has weakened and is moving towards the Gulf of Aden, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said however that heavy …
Read More »8 killed after tropical storm makes landfall in Somalia
MOGADISHU — At least eight people were killed and 70,000 others affected by a tropical cyclone, Gati, which made landfall in Somalia on Sunday evening causing heavy rains and windstorms, the UN humanitarian agency said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said an unknown …
Read More »Somalia and FAO scale up operations against desert locusts
MOGADISHU — Somalia and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said they have stepped up the fight against desert locusts. The FAO warned on Friday that large populations of desert locusts in Somalia have moved toward southern parts of the country while widespread hatching and hopper …
Read More »Somalia most vulnerable to climate shocks: Report
NAIROBI — Somalia is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change shocks in sub-Saharan Africa and the least survive climate effects, a report by a Canadian University has said. The report by the University of Notre Dame University ranks Somalia at position 179 out of 181 countries citing ‘lack the …
Read More »Somalia remains 8th-largest sesame producer
MOGADISHU — Somalia is known globally as the largest exporter of live animals most of them heading to the Middle East markets but little is known about the country’s production of sesame seeds. The Horn of Africa nation is the eighth largest exporter of sesame seeds despite limited production owing …
Read More »5 dead, 8 wounded in suicide bombing in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU — Police in Somalia say five people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt near the police academy in the capital, Mogadishu. Spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali says eight other people were wounded in the blast on Tuesday. He said the bomber targeted a restaurant frequented by …
Read More »World Bank body inks deal with Somalia to support private sector development
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s private sector got a boost Sunday following a formal pact between the government and the World Bank’s investment division, IFC. The agreement which is a first with the World Bank body aims at supporting investment and growth in the private sector. The sector which forms the plank …
Read More »UN says floods affect 214,000 in Somalia since October
MOGADISHU — At least 214,000 people have been temporarily displaced from their homes across Somalia since October due to flooding caused by heavy rains, the UN agency said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest Floods Update that displacements have occurred …
Read More »Somalia .. ‘Humanitarian e-commerce’ thrives amid pandemic
MOGADISHU — Muslima Abdirahman, a Somali mother of nine, escaped death twice in the past two years while shopping for groceries in Mogadishu, where Islamist insurgents regularly carry out suicide bombings on busy streets and markets. She shudders at the memories: “I wiped my tears with my veil and went …
Read More »FAO steps up efforts to contain desert locusts in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Tuesday it has intensified efforts to contain the spread of the desert locusts in Somalia that pose a huge threat to food security. In its desert locust situation update, FAO said an increasing number of hopper bands are forming in central …
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