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Girls in Somalia to Benefit from Enhanced Access to Education
African Press Organization
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June 29, 2021
Download logo Over 100,000 children residing in Somalia’s most educationally disadvantaged areas will benefit from a World Bank financed education project that aims to increase access to primary education in underserved areas, particularly for...
AMISOM troops relocate from Marianguwaay Forward Operating Base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia and gives the community land back to the Federal Government of Somalia
African Press Organization
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June 22, 2021
Download logo The Ugandan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, have relocated from Marianguwaay Forward Operating (FOB) base in Lower Shabelle region in the Southwest State of Somalia as part of troop realignment to provide...
Somalia: Response plan for impact of poor Gu rains in place to avoid a major crisis
African Press Organization
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July 12, 2019
Download logo Two years after the prolonged 2016/2017 drought destroyed livelihoods and displaced almost one million Somalis - but also triggered a massive and successful scale up in humanitarian response to avert famine - severe climatic...
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, ILO and UNICEF commit to ending Child Labour in Somalia
African Press Organization
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June 13, 2021
Download logo To commemorate the 2021 World Day against Child Labour, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) agreed...
Somalia : 2019 Article IV Consultation-Second Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program, and Request for New Staff-Monitored Program-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Somalia
International Monetary Fund
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August 1, 2019
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept. Publication Date: August 1, 2019 Electronic Access: Free Full Text. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: The Somali authorities continue to...
Somalia’s population, international partners must be energized to sustain country’s ‘upward trajectory,’ says senior UN official
African Press Organization
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May 23, 2019
Briefing the Council, Raisedon Zenenga ,the Deputy Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), reported that the country had made significant progress on its economic and security sector reforms. There had also been progress on the...
The World’s Best: 526 UPG Sustainability Leaders commit to training 10,000 citizens across the world
EIN Presswire
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June 16, 2021
Young leaders (18 to 35 years) from over 100 countries, completed a 9-week training and they commit to train 10,000 citizens across all world regions. GENEVA, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, June 16, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- United People Global...
Somalia: About 2.2 million Somalis facing severe food insecurity as drought conditions worsen
African Press Organization
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May 16, 2019
Download logo Highlights Between July and September 2019, 2.2 million people, almost 18 percent of the total population, are expected to face severe food insecurity. The projected food insecure caseload is 40 percent higher than the estimate at...
Fifty Governments Stand Firm on the Drive for Economic Resilience
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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April 16, 2025
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) today hosted an inaugural Ambassadors’ Forum galvanizing global support for accelerating adaptation at speed and at scale. The event, hosted at...
Severe Water Shortages in Somalia Leave 70% of Families Without Safe Drinking Water
African Press Organization
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March 22, 2021
Download logo Water sources in Somalia are drying up at a rapid rate as a looming drought intensifies, leaving 70 percent of families across the country without access to safe drinking water. Thousands of children are now reliant on emergency...
Somalia’s Humanitarian Response Plan for 2019
African Press Organization
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January 28, 2019
Download logo The Federal Government of Somalia and aid agencies launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) on Monday this week (January 21), calling on donors to provide sufficient and early funding to sustain aid operations in Somalia in...
How Somalia, one of the world’s most fragile states, is working for a more resilient, low-carbon future
African Press Organization
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January 22, 2021
Download logo In February last year, Somalia was in the midst of a declared national emergency. Swarms of locusts, fed on rains driven by climate change, were steadily eating their way through swathes of crops and grasslands, consuming jobs and...
Somalia's Major Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Event came to a close with new product launches
African Press Organization
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October 18, 2018
Download logo Somalia’s first Information and Communications (ICT) exhibition came to a close late Wednesday after two days of successful product launches, networking events, lucky draws, and panel sessions that brought out in-depth debates and...
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) Launches US $8.5Million Grant to support Clean Energy Businesses in Somalia
African Press Organization
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December 14, 2020
Download logo The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) (www.AECFAfrica.org) has launched a US$ 8.5 million grant facility to support adoption and diversification of renewable energy solutions in the Somalia and Somaliland. This is a component...
It’s Time to Rethink Licensing Rounds: For Africa’s Oil- and Gas-Producing Countries, Negotiating the Current Environment May Require…Negotiation (By NJ Ayuk)
African Press Organization
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January 18, 2021
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) In late 2019, as the African oil and gas industry was looking to the future with optimism, Offshore Engineer wrote that the continent was had reason to expect a “more...
Somalia’s destiny lies in the hands of the people, highlights outgoing UN envoy
African Press Organization
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September 14, 2018
Briefing the Security Council for the last time in his capacity as UN Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating called on all Somalis to draw strength from the positive transformations going on inside the country and work collectively...
IMF Executive Board Completes the First Review of the Extended Credit Facility for Somalia
International Monetary Fund
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November 18, 2020
November 18, 2020 Implementation of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) supported program is off to a good start despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, flooding and the desert locust infestation. The authorities’ swift response to the triple...
Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Committee on Agriculture focuses on how livestock sector transformation can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
African Press Organization
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September 28, 2020
Download logo FAO Director-General calls for an integrated agri-food systems approach to better address food insecurity and malnutrition amid COVID-19 The agricultural sectors and livestock farming in particular must shift towards sustainability...
Coronavirus - Somalia: As COVID-19 rages on, midwives continue to provide quality care in Somalia
African Press Organization
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September 7, 2020
Download logo Zahra Abdirisak, 24, qualified as a midwife in 2017 from Mogadishu Midwifery School which receives technical and financial support from UNFPA. She has since been playing her role as a midwife; being the primary caregiver for women...
Climate change threatens lives and economies across the globe
African Press Organization
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July 12, 2018
Ambassador's Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN Speech: Thank you very much indeed Madam President, and may I once again thank and congratulate Sweden for picking such a good menu of themes for us to discuss in the Security...