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Somalia: Climate change and conflict threaten herders
African Press Organization
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July 28, 2021
Download logo Conflict and the growing climate crisis are pushing herders in Somalia to abandon their way of life, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned. Erratic weather patterns, droughts and floods have taken their toll...
Somalia: Wholly Inadequate Covid-19 Response Highlights Need to Use Debt Relief to Invest in Healthcare
African Press Organization
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August 17, 2021
Download logo The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to urgently address the serious and longstanding issues facing Somalia’s healthcare system following years of underinvestment and against a backdrop of crippling debt, Amnesty...
Somalia: Three million face starvation and disease, warns IFRC, as it calls for swift action
African Press Organization
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August 11, 2021
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned that Somalia is on the cusp of a humanitarian catastrophe. One in 4 people face high levels of acute food insecurity and more than 800,000 children under the...
Somalia's Women and Children are Among the 1.84 Million to Benefit from Improved Healthcare Services
African Press Organization
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July 23, 2021
Download logo The World Bank approved the Improving Healthcare Services in Somalia Project, known as “Damal Caafimaad,” which is financed by a US$75 million International Development Assistance (IDA) grant and an additional US$25 million grant...
Somalia: Hunger and struggle for displaced communities in besieged Xudur town
African Press Organization
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August 13, 2021
Seated outside her makeshift home in the Madaxwaarabe internally displaced people’s site in Xudur, 80-year-old mother of five Fatuma Nishow Aliyow does not know where her next meal will come from. “We have not cooked for the last four days because...
Designation of ISIS-Somalia Weapons Trafficking Network
U.S. Department of State
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November 1, 2022
The United States has designated an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-Somalia network of weapons traffickers, their associates, and an affiliated business for facilitating weapons transfers to the terrorist group, as well as Osama Abdelmongy...
Large Parts of Somalia on the Brink of Famine, New Report Warns
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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September 6, 2022
Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Approximately 7.1 million people in Somalia are dealing with crisis levels of hunger and an official declaration of famine is predicted as soon as October without significant additional...
Somalia braces for record levels of displacement as drought takes hold
African Press Organization
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April 21, 2021
Somalia is bracing for record levels of displacement this year as drought ravages parts of the country, leaving tens of thousands of people without water and livelihoods. “Once again Somalia is facing the prospect of serious drought. Water and...
Somalia: Humanitarian Leadership declares Drought
African Press Organization
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April 26, 2021
Download logo Based on observed drought conditions and rainfall forecasts, the Federal Government of Somalia and the humanitarian community are deeply concerned about the deterioration of the dry conditions in Somalia which has now escalated to a...
Somalia implements ground-breaking project aimed at improving psychosocial support and mental health care for young people affected by conflict through a socially-inclusive integrated approach for peace-building
African Press Organization
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April 21, 2021
Years of conflict, violence and recurrent climatic shocks have led to long-term displacement and economic adversity in Somalia. Currently, about 2.6 million people are internally displaced, 40% of whom live in extreme hardship. This situation has...
Somalia: Urgent scaling up of emergency response needed, as 2.65 million people are projected to be in acute hunger
African Press Organization
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February 17, 2021
Over 2.6 million people in Somalia are expected to be in extreme food insecurity according to the latest joint technical assessment released by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
“Somalia is open for business” – Somali Petroleum Authority CEO joins panel of experts to discuss hydrocarbon investment
African Press Organization
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October 16, 2020
The 90-minute session at AOW Virtual (7-8 October 2020) (https://bit.ly/341BxCA) was the first opportunity to hear directly from SPA CEO Ibrahim Ali Hussein, following the official licensing round announcement on August 4. There is no doubt that...
Somalia: African Development Bank grants of $25 million will bolster budget for COVID-19 responses
African Press Organization
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July 26, 2020
Download logo The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Friday approved grants worth $25.1 million to Somalia to bolster the national budget for government efforts to mitigate national and regional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
MEDITERRANEAN: EU court rules in favour of parents on the move ― Italian Senate approves controversial security law ― Italy terminates contract with spyware firm following surveillance scandal ― Greek coastguard personnel charged over 2023 Pylos…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 12, 2025
The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that helping minors under one’s care to enter the EU is not a crime. The Italian Senate has passed the government’s controversial security law. Italy has ended its contracts with the Israeli cyber company...
Somalia: African Development Bank’s intervention helps to curb COVID-19 in vulnerable communities
African Press Organization
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June 10, 2020
With 2.6 million internally displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge in an already fragile situation, leaving the population highly vulnerable. Thankfully, the African Development Bank-financed...
Somalia’s telecom sector to gain direction through new licensing regime
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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May 25, 2020
Sydney, May 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just released, this edition of Paul Budde Communication’s focus report on Somalia outlines the major developments and key aspects in the telecoms markets. Read the full report:...
Al Mustafa Welfare Trust will Perform Qurbani in more than 25 Countries in 2025
EIN Presswire
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May 9, 2025
Al Mustafa Welfare Trust supported over 3 million people in 2024 via Qurbani. In 2025, the mission continues with renewed passion, resilience, and compassion. HOUNSLOW, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, May 9, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- This Eid...
AIDA Country Report on Ireland – 2024 Update
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 9, 2025
|Published on: 9th June 2025|Categories: News| The updated AIDA Country Report on Ireland provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and...
Somalia to Receive Debt Relief under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative
International Monetary Fund
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March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020 Washington, DC The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank's International Development Association have determined that Somalia has taken the necessary steps to begin receiving debt relief under the enhanced Heavily...
Somalia Becomes 182nd Member of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
African Press Organization
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March 31, 2020
Download logo The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group, is pleased to announce that the Federal Government of Somalia has become the 182nd member of the Agency, following normalization of its financial...