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Somalia: Aid Agencies Appeal for UN Action to Avert Famine in Somalia
Shabelle, 1 March 2017
Some 44 local and international aid agencies working in Somalia have appealed to UN to take urgent action to avert possible famine in the Horn of Africa nation where at least 6.2… Read more »
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Somalia: Thousands of Drought Victims Arrive in Mogadishu With Urgent Call for Relief Food
Dalsan Radio, 2 February 2017
More than two thousand people fleeing the biting drought in parts of Somalia have arrived in the capital Mogadishu This is the first reported arrival of victims of the ongoing… Read more »
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Somalia: Govt Declares National Disaster Over Drought
Al Jazeera, 28 February 2017
Somalia's new leader has declared a national disaster for a prolonged drought that has forced about half of the country's population to seek urgent food assistance and sparked… Read more »
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Somalia: Farmaajo Declares Drought a National Disaster
Dalsan Radio, 28 February 2017
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo on Tuesday declared the ongoing drought in Somalia a national disaster. Read more »
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Somalia: President Opens Drought Meeting in Mogadishu
Shabelle, 28 February 2017
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has opened a drought conference in Mogadishu on Tuesday, to discuss on the deteriorating drought situation in the country. Read more »
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Somalia: WHO Scales up Response in Somalia As Drought Affected Millions
Shabelle, 28 February 2017
The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up its response in Somalia to provide critical health services for 1.5 million people currently affected by severe drought conditions… Read more »
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Somalia: President Farmajo Declares Drought National Disaster
Shabelle, 28 February 2017
Somali new elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has on Tuesday declared national disaster for drought following a high-level drought response conference in Mogadishu. Read more »