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UN body seeks USD 993 million to prevent famine, tackle drought in Somalia
Updated : 9 hours, 42 min ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian agency said on Friday that it's seeking 993.3 million US dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December.
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Somali president tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 14 hours, 21 min ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud confirmed Friday he tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a two-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Somali forces kill 67 Al-Shabab terrorists in foiled attack in central reg
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Somalia's Galmudug State forces killed 67 Al-Shabab terrorists and wounded several others in a foiled attack in the central town of Bahdo early Friday.
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Death toll of al-Shabab militants from foiled attack in central Somalia ri
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali government confirmed Friday that 42 al-Shabab terrorists were killed and several others wounded when the regional Galmudug State forces foiled an attack by the militants on a town in the central part of the country.
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UN agencies launch drought response package to avert famine in Somalia
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations agencies Thursday launched the minimum response package (MRP), a critical life-saving project that will address the urgent needs of more than 100,000 people displaced by the escalating drought in Somalia.
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Somali president appoints new prime minister
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as the country's new prime minister to replace Mohamed Roble who has been in office since September 2020.
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Somali army kills 12 Al-Shabab terrorists in central region
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali National Army (SNA) said Monday its forces killed 12 Al-Shabab terrorists during security operations conducted in several locations in the past 24 hours in the Hiraan region, central part of the country.
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UN: 18.4 million people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 18.4 million people are already experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity and rising malnutrition across the three Horn of Africa (HOA) countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (
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IOM seeks 66 million USD to scale up humanitarian aid in Somalia
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations migration agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Friday appealed for 66 million U.S. dollars to reach more than 1.25 million people in Somalia with humanitarian assistance by February 2023.
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Millions face threat of starvation amid 'unprecedented drought' in Horn of
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Millions of people face the threat of starvation amid unprecedented drought in the three Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, humanitarian partners have warned.
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3 Kenyan police officers wounded in roadside blast in border region
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Garissa [Kenya], June 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Three police officers were wounded on Sunday when the vehicle they were traveling in ran over an improvised explosive device in Garissa, a county in northeast Kenya that borders Somalia.
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UN provides USD 20 mn for drought emergency in Somalia
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations relief envoy in Somalia has launched a new allocation of USD 20 million from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to provide immediate assistance to communities at risk of famine in priority locations.
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