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Co2Bitcoin (Co2B) Combatting Global Warming at Coinsbit Exchange

NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A decentralized group of innovators and visionaries, focused on mitigating the causes and potentially cataclysmic effects of climate change, has introduced a new financial instrument. A cryptocurrency,...

Deputy Alvin Botes: African Ambassadors Corp

Theme: “Global Initiative to Galvanise Political Support and Commitments to International Humanitarian Law” Tuesday, 19 August 2025, Pretoria Salutations HE Ambassador Salih Omar Abdu, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in South Africa and Ambassador of...

Displacement in Somalia Reaches Record High 3.8 Million: IOM Deputy Director General Calls for Sustainable Solutions

Geneva / Mogadishu – As the number of displacements in Somalia reaches a new high of 3.8 million people, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General for Operations, Ugochi Daniels, counts on donor investments in...

Time to Talk: Climate, Environment & Conflict in the Horn of Africa

There are indirect, yet undeniable links between climate, the environment and deadly conflict. Today, however, these links are dangerously overlooked. In the Horn of Africa, climate change is already increasing food insecurity, water scarcity and...

Joint Statement on Somalia

The following is a Joint Statement by Qatar, Somalia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Begin text: Representatives of Qatar, Somalia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom,...

Greta Thunberg and IOM DG António Vitorino Call for Urgent Action to Address Climate Migration 

Geneva / Stockholm – The Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), António Vitorino, and Climate Justice Activist, Greta Thunberg, are calling for immediate action and increased solidarity to tackle the impacts of...

Adaptation and Mitigation Efforts Must be Enhanced to Address Climate-Induced Displacement: IOM DG

Geneva / Addis Ababa – The International Organization of Migration (IOM) Director General António Vitorino has called for enhanced adaptation and mitigation initiatives to address climate-induced displacement underscoring the importance of...

Somalia's Economy Rebounding from 'Triple Shock'

Download logo Somalia’s economy is rebounding from the “triple shock” that ravaged the country in 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme flooding, and the locust infestation. Real GDP growth is projected at 2.4 percent in 2021. This growth momentum...

Somalia launches Child Protection Information Management System to protect vulnerable children amid COVID-19

The Federal Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), launched today an online Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS+) to enhance the protection of the most...

Somalia: Climate change and conflict threaten herders

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Somalia braces for record levels of displacement as drought takes hold

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...

Large Parts of Somalia on the Brink of Famine, New Report Warns

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...

UN Chief Denounces Israel’s Massacre of Gaza Aid Seekers

(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply condemned the recent massacre of aid recipients in the Gaza Strip on Monday. Addressing the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, Guterres said, "Over the weekend in Gaza, we...

Somalia: Humanitarian Leadership declares Drought

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

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...