After a long-delayed and turbulent voting process characterized by fatal violence and a power struggle between the country’s top leaders, Somalia’s newly elected parliamentarians were sworn in on Thursday. Nearly 300 members of parliament from the lower and upper houses took the oath of office in a ceremony held inside the tightly secured airport … Read more
MOGADISHU, March 15 (Xinhua) — Somali government has appealed to the international community for humanitarian support, saying 6.9 million people have been affected by the severe drought which is ravaging several parts of the country. Prime Minister Mohamed Roble in a statement issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Monday evening urged donors to hasten … Read more
Under the blazing sun, Salado Adan Mohamed puts the finishing touches to her makeshift shelter, cobbled together from branches and fragments of discarded cloth. She has just arrived in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa, the last refuge for people fleeing the worst drought in the country in a decade. Along with her three children, … Read more
BOGOTA: While the Colombian government fumes over being listed as a “hunger hotspot” by UN agencies, Heidy Garzon, a single mother of nine, worries where her family’s next meal will come from. “We don’t know what we’re going to eat tonight,” Garzon told AFP in a shantytown neighbourhood of Ciudad Bolivar in the south of Bogota, two … Read more
NAIROBI – Vast swathes of land stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia are in the grip of a severe drought that has left 13 million people facing hunger. Across these regions, where people eke out a living from mainly agro-pastoral activities, the three rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have been … Read more
NAIROBI – The International Monetary Fund could stop its programme in Somalia in three months if long-postponed national elections encounter fresh delays, a senior official told AFP, as she began a mission to the troubled Horn of Africa nation on Tuesday. The IMF’s programme in Somalia is due for a review in mid-May, but election delays mean … Read more
MOGADISHU – At least two people were killed and 16 others wounded after several explosions rocked Somali capital Mogadishu early Wednesday, the police and witnesses said. Police Spokesperson Abdifitah Hassan Aden told reporters that a vehicle laden with explosive devices exploded at Darussalam neighborhood in Mogadishu, killing two women and injuring 16 others. Aden said … Read more
JEDDAH: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) senior officials meeting preparatory for the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, scheduled to take place in Islamabad in March 2022, started at the Jeddah-based headquarters of the General Secretariat on Monday. The inaugural session has witnessed the handover of the chair from the Republic of … Read more
NAIROBI: Somalia’s “rapidly worsening” drought has left more than two million people facing severe food and water shortages, the United Nations said, warning of a fourth consecutive season of poor rainfall in the conflict-wracked country. “About 2.3 million people in 57 of 74 districts… are ravaged by serious water, food and pasture shortages as water pans … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: Two United Nations agencies, World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), have warned that in the next four months, conflict, coronavirus and the climate crises are likely to increase hunger in 23 countries, including Afghanistan. “Families that rely on humanitarian assistance to survive are hanging by a thread. When we … Read more
The US President has started the process of withdrawing the troops stationed in different countries, now he ordered to withdraw US troops from Somalia. After Iraq and Afghanistan, US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of troops from the country which is the part of the troubled corner of the world’s poorest continent. Seven … Read more
A suicide attack on a military base in Somalia has killed at least eight people and injured more than 15 others. According to the details, a suicide bomber driving a car targeted the gates of the base near Mogadishu Stadium. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”somalia-6-killed-multiple-injured-by-al-shabab-in-terrorist-attacks”] The news agency reported that the soldiers of Somali National Army were … Read more
Terrorists attacked in a restaurant in Baidoa town of Somalia, killing at least six people and wounding several others. In another attack, a suicide bomber struck near a port in the capital, Mogadishu, injuring at least seven people, the BBC reported. According to the report, Al-Shehab terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for both attacks. The … Read more
World Refugee Day is being observed today all over the world, including Pakistan, due to war, lack of peace or other reason Pakistan has been hosting 4 million refugees for the last 4 decades. The UN General Assembly has decided in a resolution that every year since 2001, June 20 will be celebrated as World … Read more
A senior commander of a militant group Qorgab Al Shabab was killed in an airstrike in Somalia. State media reports that a reward of $5 m was issued by the US in 2008 for those who would provide information about the location of Bashir Mohamed Qorgab. According to state media reports, the deceased was in … Read more
