{"id":18157,"date":"2025-12-11T22:25:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=18157"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:27:33","slug":"eu-provides-7-million-to-bolster-humanitarian-aid-and-human-rights-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/eu-provides-7-million-to-bolster-humanitarian-aid-and-human-rights-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200bEU provides $7 million to bolster humanitarian aid and human rights in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u200bMOGADISHU \u2014<\/strong> The European Union has announced a new assistance package for the Federal Republic of Somalia exceeding $7 million, dedicated to bolstering humanitarian relief and enhancing human rights safeguards in support of the nation\u2019s stability and development initiatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200bH.E. Francesca Di Mauro, the EU Ambassador to Somalia, explained\u2014as reported by local press sources\u2014that the funding aims to empower Somali civil society organizations to actively contribute to peace-building, improve livelihoods, and expand rights protections amidst escalating humanitarian challenges triggered by persistent drought.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local press sources stated that this support is a result of recent dialogues between Somali leadership and international partners, during which they agreed to amplify collaborative efforts targeting communities most severely affected by the ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200bAccording to local press sources, the new assistance serves a dual purpose: addressing the immediate impact of the drought and building institutional capacity to strengthen Somalia\u2019s resilience against future crises. This reflects the EU\u2019s commitment to supporting rights-based governance and sustainable development in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bMOGADISHU \u2014 The European Union has announced a new assistance package for the Federal Republic of Somalia exceeding $7 million, dedicated to bolstering humanitarian relief and enhancing human rights safeguards in support of the nation\u2019s stability and development initiatives. \u200bH.E. Francesca Di Mauro, the EU Ambassador to Somalia, explained\u2014as reported by local press sources\u2014that the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-protection-cluster","category-relief"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18157","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=18157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18159,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18157\/revisions\/18159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}