{"id":17644,"date":"2025-08-06T12:26:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=17644"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:58:01","slug":"berbera-logistics-hub-opening-accelerates-aid-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2025\/08\/06\/berbera-logistics-hub-opening-accelerates-aid-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Berbera logistics hub opening accelerates aid delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>HARGEISA &#8212;<\/strong> The World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the government of Somaliland, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art logistics hub in Berbera, a move expected to dramatically speed up humanitarian aid distribution and strengthen regional trade links.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a report by Hiiraan Online, the strategically located facility near Berbera Port is set to become a vital lifeline for countries grappling with conflict and climate crises, including Somalia, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Designed to cut response times for delivering food and relief supplies, the hub features high-capacity warehouses, temperature-controlled storage for perishables, and dedicated customs clearance facilities. Michael Dunford, WFP\u2019s Regional Director for Eastern Africa, called the development \u201cgame-changing infrastructure\u201d that will enable the agency to reach millions in need with greater speed and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">El-Khidir Daloum, WFP\u2019s Country Director for Somalia, hailed the opening as a milestone, noting it would deliver \u201cfaster operations, stronger oversight, and a more efficient, accountable supply chain,\u201d as he shared on X.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The initiative has also earned praise from international partners. Zlatan Mili\u0161i\u0107, WFP\u2019s Country Director in Ethiopia, described the hub as a \u201cgame changer,\u201d while UK development official Tatiana Fernandes expressed pride in Britain\u2019s investment in Berbera, calling it \u201can important, strategic corridor to eastern Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Somaliland\u2019s Minister of Transport, Abdillahi Abokor, emphasized that the project reflects the region\u2019s ambition to position itself as a major logistics hub in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARGEISA &#8212; The World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the government of Somaliland, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art logistics hub in Berbera, a move expected to dramatically speed up humanitarian aid distribution and strengthen regional trade links. According to a report by Hiiraan Online, the strategically located facility near Berbera Port is set to become &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-logistic-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17644","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=17644"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17650,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17644\/revisions\/17650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}