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EU makes donation to floods in Somalia

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Oct 31, 2019

MOGADISHU, Somalia – The European Commission is providing an additional €3 million in emergency aid after heavy flooding put the lives of many vulnerable people at risk in Somalia. The EU says funding would be provided through…

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Ten killed by floods in Somalia

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Oct 29, 2019

MOGADISHU, Somalia – At least ten people have been killed and scores went missing when a small boat carrying 30 people overturned in the flood-waters in central Somalia. A rescue operation has been ongoing since Monday after the boat…

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Somalia floods: boat drowned, four missing

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Oct 28, 2019

MOGADISHU, Somalia – At least four people have gone missing when a boat carrying over a dozen capsized in the flood-waters in Baladweyne town, some 330km north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The floods caused by heavy rains on the…

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Somalia: Floods force thousands from their homes

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Oct 24, 2019

Flooding linked to heavy rainfall along Somalia’s two major rivers, the Shabelle and the Juba, has affected thousands of people. By 21 October the floods had displaced 72,000 from Belet Weyne town, one of the worst-affected areas. OCHA…

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Somali PM meets Kenyan delegation in Mogadishu

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Oct 2, 2019

MOGADISHU – Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire has met with Kenyan delegation led by Ababu Namwamba, Kenya's chief administrative secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital, Mogadishu. Mr. Namwamba arrived in the…

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Halima’s Story: With water, life is better

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Jul 24, 2019

In Somalia, the majority of the population relies on agriculture and grazing for their livelihoods. However, successive seasons of poor rainfall have caused prolonged droughts, and series of poor harvest and animal deaths. This hashad…

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UN terrorism meeting kicks off in Kenya

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Jul 10, 2019

“Trauma from terrorism” hurts families, communities and destabilizes entire regions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, as he expressed solidarity with victims of extremist attacks in Africa. Speaking in Nairobi at…

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Somalia urged to release journalist Mumin

Abdirisak M Tuuryare May 31, 2019

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali and Foreign Journalist Unions have protested against the continued detention of journalist Ali Mumin, who has been in behind bars for the last four days. The Foreign Correspondents' Association of East Africa…

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Somalia regrets Kenya’s decision

Abdirisak M Tuuryare May 22, 2019

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia has presented its compliments to Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs after Somali ministers and lawmakers were blocked entry into the capital of Nairobi. In a statement released by Foreign Ministry said…

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IGAD warns high risk of worsening food security in Somalia

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Apr 17, 2019

At the beginning of 2017, warnings were issued of imminent famine in parts of South Sudan, while the Somali and Kenyan governments declared national disasters due to the ongoing drought. In the event, famine was staved off in the region…

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somalia:The man behind Somalia’s only free ambulance service

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Apr 15, 2019

Somalia's capital city - where there are frequent and deadly bomb blasts - only has one free ambulance service, which was founded by Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan 13 years ago. When he returned from Pakistan, where he had been studying…

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AMISOM roots for more women in peacekeeping operations

Abdirisak M Tuuryare Apr 13, 2019

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is advocating for the deployment of more women in peacekeeping operations on the continent, saying their role has been critical in stabilising Somalia. “The participation of women in…

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