{"id":16857,"date":"2025-05-25T23:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T23:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=16857"},"modified":"2025-05-28T09:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T09:32:59","slug":"hirshabelle-state-suspends-cooperation-with-dma-over-mismanagement-of-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2025\/05\/25\/hirshabelle-state-suspends-cooperation-with-dma-over-mismanagement-of-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Hirshabelle state suspends cooperation with DMA over mismanagement of aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JOWHAR &#8212;<\/strong> The Hirshabelle Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management has suspended all cooperation with the Somali Disaster Management Authority (SoDMA), citing repeated failures in aid delivery and a lack of transparency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a press statement released on Sunday, the regional ministry accused SoDMA of mishandling humanitarian supplies, particularly referencing a recent incident in the Moqokori district, where only small cartons of medicine were delivered in what was intended to be a critical humanitarian operation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis decision is based on persistent misunderstandings, mishandling of aid intended for the people of Hirshabelle, and lack of transparency in the aid management process,\u201d the ministry stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move follows harsh criticism from Hiiraan regional governor Muse Salad Wehliye, who condemned the federal agency for what he labeled as \u201cinadequate and disgraceful\u201d aid to Somali National Army (SNA) troops and Macawisley militia forces fighting Al-Shabaab in Hiiraan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governor Muse had earlier lambasted SoDMA\u2019s delivery of \u201cjust a few cartons of food\u201d via two planes as insulting and unacceptable, given the sacrifices of local forces on the frontlines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite growing backlash, SoDMA has not publicly responded to either the governor\u2019s remarks or the Hirshabelle Ministry\u2019s decision. The suspension now raises further questions about coordination between federal and regional disaster response authorities, especially as local forces push forward in the fight against Al-Shabaab in Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Source: HOL\u00a0 \u00a0Origin: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/hiiraan.com\/news4\/2025\/May\/201631\/hirshabelle_suspends_cooperation_with_sodma_over_mismanagement_of_humanitarian_aid.aspx?utm_source=hiiraan&amp;utm_medium=SomaliNewsUpdateFront\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored ugc noreferrer\">view original<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOWHAR &#8212; The Hirshabelle Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management has suspended all cooperation with the Somali Disaster Management Authority (SoDMA), citing repeated failures in aid delivery and a lack of transparency. In a press statement released on Sunday, the regional ministry accused SoDMA of mishandling humanitarian supplies, particularly referencing a recent incident in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-health-cluster","category-news","category-relief"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16857"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16862,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16857\/revisions\/16862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}