The 9th session of the Joint Security Committee was convened in Mogadishu on 22 August 2011. The Committee was hosted…
August 25, 2011 | by Hanad Askar
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Somalia on Friday where he plans to visit relief camps and hospitals to draw international attention to the East African country’s drought and famine situation.Erdogan was accompanied by his family and four cabinet ministers.
In the last two months, it was estimated that over 30,000 Somali babies died by hunger and diseases in the…
Muslim nations pledged here Wednesday to contribute $350 million to support famine- hit Somalia, where some 3.2 million people are…
Famine has been declared inn southern Somalia but not all people agree on the impact and causes of the famine even though Dadaab camp and feeding centres for the internally displaced people in Mogadishu are two pieces of evidence.
Sacks of grain, peanut butter snacks and other food staples meant for starving Somalis are being stolen and sold in markets, an Associated Press investigation has found, raising concerns that thieving businessmen are undermining international famine relief efforts in this nearly lawless country
A large bomb-making factory has been discovered by African Union troops in northern Mogadishu. AMISOM troops yesterday uncovered a cache…
The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia condemns any diversion of food aid. The TFG insists that there is no evidence to support the allegation concerning the scale of the alleged diversion,which AP reported it today.
Regarding Human Rights Watch report, entitled “You Don’t Know Who To Blame” issued today which makes accusations that the TFG has largely failed to provide basic security and human rights protections and have committed serious rights violations.
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Ms Valerie Amos, has just completed a three-day…
Somali Police and African Union troops uncovered a large store of artillery shells in a disused house yesterday in Bakara…
Press Release In response to the current humanitarian crisis affecting the Horn of Africa, France decided to strengthen its assistance…
Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Development announced the decision to step up Europe’s long-term commitment to Somalia with an extra…
Early this morning, an incident occurred in the area of Taleh District of Puntland State of Somalia, between Puntland Defense Forces and an armed convoy led by Somaliland MP Saleban Yusuf Ali Kore, who was accompanied by an armed soldiers and some civilians.
Al Qaida-linked extremist insurgents still pose a threat to the Somali capital and to areas of the city where humanitarian efforts are underway to ease the famine-struck country, despite their declared withdrawal, AMISOM has said.